Human Resources committee  I think what Peter and you are both talking about is donor fatigue. That is a real problem for charities. The money is not coming in, you ask more, and the money is still not coming in. That is one of the reasons we need to look at different ways to generate income for charities

Human Resources committee  First off, I don't like measuring. I think as Peter has already said, it's a long-term process. You often don't see the positive benefits or impact over the short term. So first, it needs to be a long-term process, but measurement of outcomes is an important part moving forward f

Human Resources committee  I think I was talking about that in my prepared notes. The CRA, as it is now, is in part an impediment to social finance and the development of social finance in Canada. The current rules and restrictions are confusing to start with, and create a lot of fear among charitable boar

Human Resources committee  I think my response to this is that basically there's a limited amount of donation dollars in Canada and there's a limited amount of investment dollars in Canada. We have to make sure that we put in place safeguards so that we're not trading one for the other: so that the donatio

Human Resources committee  No, but with some reservations.

Human Resources committee  Yes, thank you. Thank you to the committee and to our MP, Brad Butt, for inviting us to present on our work at the Eden Community Food Bank and to speak on social finance from the charitable perspective, from our perspective. I'll start by telling you a bit of a story about my