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publication date: Jun 13, 2021

author/source: Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector

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Recent events have brought a focus in the media on indigenous rights. This is a good time to take a fresh look at the recent report by the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector with special focus on their first four recommendations. These recommendations, summarized below, outline how the Federal government can be a partner, instead of a burden to indigenous organizations.

To read the full report, click here.

The Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (the ACCS) was established and began its work in late 2019 as a permanent consultative forum for promoting meaningful dialogue between the charitable sector and the Government of Canada, in particular the Canada Revenue Agency (the CRA) and the Department of Finance Canada. The objectives of the ACCS are to advance emerging issues relating to charities, and to ensure that the regulatory environment supports the important work that charities do. The Committee provides the Minister of National Revenue and the Commissioner of the CRA with recommendations for administering and interpreting the Income Tax Act (ITA) and the common law for registered charities and other qualified donees. The Committee may also make recommendations for legislation relating to registered charities and other qualified donees in the ITA.

The members of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector are

Bruce MacDonald, President & CEO, Imagine Canada, Co-Chair

Hilary Pearson, Former President, Philanthropic Foundations Canada, Co-Chair

Andrea McManus. Chair and Founding Partner of ViTreo Group

Arlene MacDonald, Former executive Director of Community Sector Council of Nova Scotia

Bruce Lawson, President & CEO of The Counselling Foundation of Canada

Denise Byrnes, Executive Director of OXFAM-Québec

Kevin McCort, President & CEO of Vancouver Foundation

Paula Speevak, President & CEO Volunteer Canada

Paulette Senior, President & CEO of Canadian Women’s Foundation

Peter Dinsdale, President & CEO of YMCA Canada

Peter Elson, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Victoria