Finance committee  No, not necessarily.

Finance committee  Well, it could be managed jointly between an organization like Parks Canada, the government agency, and a non-profit organization like the Heritage Canada Foundation. Our experience shows that partnership between government and a non-profit allows increased ability to attract don

Finance committee  No. The national cost-sharing program has existed in the past, but it's always been managed entirely by a Parks Canada agency.

Finance committee  There was $20 million made available in the 2009 budget--made available over a four-year period--but that money has now all been committed even within the first year.

Finance committee  No, the terms require that 90% of the fabric of the building be removed or replaced, so that level of substantial renovation almost precludes any sort of restoration project.

Finance committee  No, I think those are two different points. We identified a number of barriers and disincentives that exist within the existing Income Tax Act, and while we would be interested in discussing removal of those barriers, we are proposing a new tax incentive that would encourage and

Finance committee  As Mr. McAvity mentioned, any changes that encourage Canadians to make charitable donations are certainly welcome, and securities have become an increasing area for us in our donations. You mentioned the possibility of donation of land or property to charities. In the built heri

Finance committee  Thank you. Mr. Chairman, distinguished committee members, thank you for this opportunity to present our recommendations. The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national non-governmental charitable entity created as Canada's national trust. We believe that historic places are the

Finance committee  I think the notion of a revolving fund would be of interest as well. Our recommendations are flexible in that we're talking about tax credits, but also a grant program could work equally well.

Finance committee  Good afternoon. Mr. Chairman, distinguished committee members, thank you very much for this opportunity to present our recommendations. The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national non-governmental charitable entity created as Canada's national trust. We believe that historic p

Fisheries committee  We try to get away from the Noah's ark approach to conservation, where you have two of each. It is a specialty. The act provides for our process to be put in place to evaluate the lighthouses using a number of criteria, and often it's weighted criteria with a scoring system. That

Fisheries committee  I think that regardless of ownership, these are structures that are facing a particular kind of pressure right now. Regardless of ownership, there's a need to look at what we have and make some identification of priorities before we move forward.

Fisheries committee  I think from Heritage Canada Foundation's perspective, the goal is to look at lighthouses and in a triage process to identify the ones that are worthy of designation and protection. That really is regardless of ownership. The goal is basically to review the lighthouses that exist

Fisheries committee  I think that level of interest is national. These structures attract people and organizations in every province. I know, for example, in British Columbia, the Land Conservancy of B.C. has expressed an interest in acquiring lighthouses they could incorporate into their tourist sit

Fisheries committee  I'd like to respond to that. Concerning your references to existing policy—the divestiture policy, the Treasury Board policy for heritage—I think the key point is that it's a policy, and when property managers are weighing the requirements that they need to deal with in their ro