Finance committee  We'll come to speak again on that, among many other organizations.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Brison, and thank you for your support in previous years. Thank you to the current government for cutting the capital gains tax on donations of public securities. We do support in principle any measure that will support more giving to charities in this country. My

Finance committee  Could we not do the two things at the same time? We need to increase donations in Canada as well as improving people's perception of charities. However, that is an issue of governance and management in the charitable sector. There needs to be enhanced management and transparency

Finance committee  Indeed, that was well put. I understand that the agency does not prepare the policies. It is—

Finance committee  The Department of Finance.

Finance committee  That is correct. Basically, it is up to the Minister of Finance... We have asked the minister to review the regulatory structure and rationale, particularly with regard to foundations, but also charities. The problem is that, in the 21st century, we should not be maintaining such

Finance committee  No. He had a guarded response. He said that he might consider that at some point in time. This does not appear to be one of the government's priorities.

Finance committee  I do hope so.

Finance committee  Yes. It is a $50 million fund. That is not much, but it is leveraged because the amounts that are now allocated to charities are matched by the government. As a result, $100 million will go to the Social Innovation Fund. Some 50 million will be provided by the government.

Finance committee  Yes, absolutely. That is a very important issue, and I can assure you that the chair of our board signed the letter prepared by Imagine Canada and sent to Mr. Duceppe, as well as to the other federal party leaders. We are opposed to the bill's proposal to limit executives' remun

Finance committee  Let me preface my reply by saying that I am not a tax policy expert, thank God. It's necessary, but it's not the kind of thing you want to perhaps spend your career doing--designing tax policy. But it is very important. And on the record I want to say thank you very much for your

Finance committee  No, I think this is unique.

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Honourable Chair, honourable members, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you on behalf of my members. This is about the sixth time I've come to the committee. I noticed Donald Johnson was saying a couple of weeks ago that he was going to keep on comi

Finance committee  I think what is extraordinary about the data on charitable giving is that it's actually the lowest-income people who proportionately give the most of their income. We have every expectation that middle-income Canadians would be generous. They certainly do respond to tax incentive

Finance committee  No, I don't think we have an articulated view on that. I represent private funders' foundations, and we are concerned about the overall trend in giving in Canada. The data certainly suggests there are fewer individual givers to charities. Charitable giving in absolute terms is la