The Standing Committee on Finance presented its report to the House of Commons on December 9th, 2009. The report entitled 'A Prosperous and Sustainable Future for Canada: Needed Federal Actions' reflects the findings from the pre-budget hearings that the Committee held across the country in the fall.
To read the full report click here.
“A Drafter’s Guide to Memoranda to Cabinet” was originally created to instruct public
servants throughout the federal government on how to prepare documentation, present
analysis and set out options for decisions under consideration by Cabinet and its
committees.
An Edmonton Journal special report on Alberta's volunteers and not-for-profit organizations.
Research from Perspectives on Fundraising, by Imagine Canada and commissioned by the Muttart Foundation, looks at charity returns submitted to the Canadian Revenue Agency. Research results showed low-level cost of fundraising percentages for most charities, but also showed that many charities are still not completing their T3010Bs correctly.
A "think piece" by Mark Holmgren seeks to respond to the suggestion that there are too many non-profit organizations in Alberta. Recently, there have been some suggestions (mainly from government) that there are too many non-profit organizations in Alberta. Are those suggestions valid? Should there be some control over who can form associations? Or is government's role simply to decide which organizations it will fund? Mark Holmgren has written a thoughtful paper on the topic. Click here to read it.
