Human Resources committee  I don't know the exact dollar amount. Frankly, there are some sensitivities. We have not given notice to employees about talking about this in a public forum, but it's certainly in the range of several million dollars.

Human Resources committee  Obviously, for many organizations, the impact of the cuts was much more extensive than that. For Volunteer Canada, 85% of their budget has been removed. More importantly, for all of these organizations, it's not necessarily about preserving jobs; it's truly about delivering servi

Human Resources committee  I'd be pleased to answer that. No, we weren't consulted and we're not aware that any of our member organizations were consulted. Most of the organizations found out in ways that were very upsetting to them. These organizations tend to function on a shoestring. In many instances

Human Resources committee  Thank you, monsieur le président, mesdames et messieurs, députés. Imagine Canada appreciates this opportunity to appear before this committee on the important issue of cuts to both funding and advocacy activities by Canada's community non-profit organizations. Many of you wil

Finance committee  The sector feels that it's funded significantly through grants and contributions. It's highly appreciative of that funding. That funding instrument tends to be what we might call episodic. It tends to be for a very short term, for six- or twelve-month projects. Previously, grants

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning everyone. My name is Teri Kirk and I'm the Vice-President of Imagine Canada. I'm speaking to you on behalf of Imagine Canada and the approximately twenty agencies listed on page one of our submission. This list includes professional organiz

Finance committee  Yes. We support clause 51 as currently drafted.

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members. My name is Teri Kirk, and I am Vice-President for Public Policy and Government Relations at Imagine Canada. Imagine Canada is the largest intermediary organization working in what is sometimes called the community non-profit sector and som

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes, we are supporters of the accord and the codes. A tremendous effort was put into negotiating these a number of years ago. They were signed off by the Prime Minister of Canada, not in a partisan or narrow way, but to commit the Government of Canada and the sector. Service Cana

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Exactly.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  No. The issue about the accord and codes is under recommendation 4, which is the accountability framework. What we're really saying is that we agree with the spirit of the act, that there should be an overall accountability framework. It deals with issues such as the government n

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Absolutely. The spirit of what you've articulated is highly consistent with what we're presenting to you today. To the extent that it's hard for recipient organizations to comply, it is extra hard for recipient organizations in our sector to comply, because they're very small.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I'll declare, if you promise not to hold it against me, that I'm a lawyer, and so I'm at ease, shall we say, that sometimes the real test of a law is in its application. So the spirit of the language is something we're extremely comfortable with, and really the test will be, over

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you for asking that. We feel supportive of the bill. Really, the two issues that are of concern are the enshrining of the fairness principle...and we think that's a very good thing to do, but again, we just want to draw to your attention that there seems to be an initiativ

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  As I said, our sector receives about 7% of funding from government. Around half of that is in the form of grants and contributions and the other half is in the form of contracts for services. Our organizations, like United Way, Volunteer Canada, or John Howard Society of Canada ,