Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on the
Charitable Sector
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable TERRY M. MERCER
Monday, May 28, 2018
Monday, June 4, 2018
Issue No. 4
Fifth and sixth meetings:
Examine the impact of federal and provincial laws and policies governing charities, nonprofit organizations, foundations, and other similar groups; and to examine the impact of the voluntary sector in Canada
WITNESSES
Monday, May 28, 2018
Statistics Canada:
Pamela Best, Assistant Director, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division;
Patric Fournier-Savard, Survey Manager and Analyst, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division;
Martin Turcotte, Senior Analyst, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division.
Angus Reid Institute:
Shachi Kurl, Executive Director (by video conference).
As individuals:
Kayla Smith, Student, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor;
Laura Lamb, Associate Professor, School of Business and Economics, Thompson Rivers University (by video conference).
Monday, June 4, 2018
Statistics Canada:
Pamela Best, Assistant Director, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division;
Patric Fournier-Savard, Survey Manager and Analyst, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division.
Service Canada:
Alan Bulley, Director General, Labour Market and Social Development Program Operations;
Brent Bauer, Director, Canada Service Corps.
As individuals:
Debra Basil, Professor, Marketing, University of Lethbridge;
Femida Handy, Professor, University of Pennsylvania (by video conference).
Volunteer Canada:
Paula Speevak, President and CEO.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Terry M. Mercer, Chair
The Honourable Ratna Omidvar, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Black (Ontario), *Day (or Mercer), Duffy, Frum, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Oh, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 3)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (June 4, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Omidvar replaced the Honourable Senator Woo (May 28, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Woo replaced the Honourable Senator Omidvar (May 28, 2018).