Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on the
Charitable Sector

Issue No. 13 - Minutes of Proceedings - April 1, 2019

OTTAWA, Monday, April 1, 2019
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[English]

The Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector met this day at 11:01 a.m., in room W110, 1 Wellington St., the chair, the Honourable Terry M. Mercer, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Black (Ontario), Duffy, Francis, Martin, Mercer and Omidvar (6).

In attendance: Havi Echenberg and Nicole Sweeney, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Services, Library of Parliament, Barbara Reynolds, Committee Clerk, Senate Committees Directorate, and Ben Silverman, Communications Officer, Senate Communications Directorate.

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, the committee continued its study on 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. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 2.)

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.

The chair made a statement.

Mr. Clutterbuck, Mr. Shields and Mr. Mazer made statements and answered questions.

At 11:59 a.m., the committee suspended.

At 12:06 p.m., the committee resumed.

Mr. Emmett made a statement and answered questions.

At 12:47 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 2:04 p.m., the committee resumed.

At 2:10 p.m., the Honourable Senator Francis replaced the Honourable Senator Duffy as a member of the committee.

Mr. Manconi made a statement and, together with Ms. Khare, answered questions.

At 2:48 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 2:54 p.m., the committee resumed.

Mr. Leblanc, Mr. Schaan, Mr. Lionais, Mr. Ieraci and Ms. Voisin made statements and, together with Mr. Langdon, Mr. Patterson and Ms. Scott, answered questions.

At 4:18 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Kevin Pittman
Clerk of the Committee