Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on the
Charitable Sector
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18-19
Chair: The Honourable TERRY M. MERCER
Monday, March 18, 2019
Issue No. 12
Twenty-first and twenty-second 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, March 18, 2019 (morning)
As individuals:
Donald J. Bourgeois, Lawyer, Fogler Rubinoff LLP;
Susan Ramsundarsingh, Course Instructor and Research Project Coordinator, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto.
Drache Aptowitzer LLP:
Karen Cooper, Legal Counsel.
Association of Fundraising Professionals, Greater Toronto Chapter:
Juniper Locilento, Vice-President, Public Affairs.
Now and Forever Wild Fund:
Éric Hébert-Daly, Vice-President.
Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions:
Christina Franc, Executive Director.
Canadian Council of Christian Charities:
John Pellowe, Chief Executive Officer.
Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs:
Shimon Fogel, Chief Executive Officer.
SickKids Foundation:
Ted Garrard, Chief Executive Officer.
Northern Lights Health Foundation:
Cindy Amerongen, Executive Director.
Monday, March 18, 2019 (afternoon)
Farm Radio International:
Kevin Perkins, Executive Director.
Islamic Relief Canada:
Zaid Al-Rawni, Chief Executive Officer (by video conference).
Canada World Youth:
Mike Power, Vice-President, Programming and Operations.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada:
W. Matthew Chater, National President and Chief Executive Officer.
Centre d'action bénévole Léonie-Bélanger:
Suzanne Parisé, Director General.
Équiterre:
Sidney Ribaux, Co-founder and General Manager (by video conference).
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission:
The Honourable Gary Johns, Commissioner (by video conference).
As an individual:
Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Professor Emeritus, Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Non-profit Studies, Queensland University of Technology (by video conference).
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 3)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the orders 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 LaBoucane-Benson (February 26, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Duffy replaced the Honourable Senator Duncan (February 26, 2019).