Finance committee  We would concur with that. We have procurement policies in place that we've developed because we have in-house lawyers doing them. We have all kinds of policies dealing with due diligence, how you check out organizations. You have to have a screening policy in place for voluntee

Finance committee  It is a question of funding. We need to invest money if we want laws to be enforced properly. You cannot pass legislation without allocating the resources and funding needed to enforce them. We agree on that up to a point. We believe that the Crown has some very talented and out

Finance committee  Clearly, complying with Canadian laws costs a lot of money. That is money well spent, but it is a problem for us. I am thinking of very small charities. It is even more difficult for them to comply with the laws. That is why we have suggested in our document that assistance be pr

Finance committee  It is through the way they connect with people around the world. Providing humanitarian aid can touch people and their thoughts. In that sense, charities allow friendships to develop. Even though that is not the actual goal of what they do, that's what happens when they provide f

Finance committee  That's right.

Finance committee  It is a question of education. Charities don't have a lot of tools allowing them to comply with the legislation. We feel that the CRA can do more to provide information to people. Mr. Carter said the same thing. There are notices, but that is often not enough. In other areas, th

Finance committee  Yes. Sometimes contracts with DFATD can provide some funding for compliance costs, but you have to ask for it and you have to know about it. Certainly some education is required. Even for a larger organization, the way the law is constructed now.... Picture me at a board of dire

Finance committee  Thank you very much. I'm here on behalf of the Canadian Bar Association's charities and not-for-profit section. The CBA, as I think you all know, is a professional association of some 36,000 lawyers, notaries, law teachers, and law students, and the charities and not-for-profit