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, April 1, 2019
Issue No. 13
Twenty-third meeting:
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
As an individual:
John Shields, Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University (by video conference).
Social Planning Network of Ontario:
Peter Clutterbuck, Senior Community Planning Consultant.
CommonWealth Retirement:
Alex Mazer, Founding Partner (by video conference).
Imagine Canada:
Brian Emmett, Chief Economist.
Canada Revenue Agency:
Antonio Manconi, Director General, Charities Directorate;
Sharmila Khare, Director, Policy, Planning and Legislation Division, Charities Directorate;
Roxane Brazeau-Leblond, Director, Business and Employment Income Division, Income Tax Rulings Directorate.
Department of Finance Canada:
Pierre Leblanc, Director General, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch;
Blaine Langdon, Director, Charities, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada:
Mark Schaan, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch;
Darryl Patterson, Director, Corporate, Insolvency and Competition Directorate.
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:
Michael Lionais, Executive Director, Costing Centre of Expertise, Office of the Comptroller General of Canada.
Public Services and Procurement Canada:
Lorenzo Ieraci, Director General, Acquisitions Program.
Employment and Social Development Canada:
Catherine Scott, Director General, Community Development and Homelessness Partnerships Directorate;
Jocelyne Voisin, Director General, Youth and Skills Innovation Directorate.
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), Francis, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Maltais, Martin, Seidman, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
* Ex officio members
(Quorum 3)
Change 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 Francis replaced the Honourable Senator Duffy (April 1, 2019).