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, December 3, 2018
Monday, December 10, 2018
Issue No. 10
Eighteenth and nineteenth 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, December 3, 2018
Canada Without Poverty:
Harriett McLachlan, Deputy Director;
Michèle Biss, Legal Education and Outreach Coordinator.
Canadian Bar Association:
Karen Cooper, Member, Charities and Not-for-Profit Section;
Gaylene Schellenberg, Lawyer, Legislation and Law Reform.
As an individual:
Robert Hayhoe.
Philanthropic Foundations Canada:
Hilary Pearson, President.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Advocacy School:
Sean Moore, Principal.
As an individual:
Susan Manwaring, Partner and Leader, Social Impact Group.
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, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Maltais, Martin, Seidman, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017 and of November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Black (Ontario) replaced the Honourable Senator Black (Alberta) (December 4, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Black (Alberta) replaced the Honourable Senator Black (Ontario) (December 3, 2018).