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OPINION: Government Has a Role in Strengthening Canada’s Charities and Non-Profits – Senators Mercer, Omidvar

Ratna Omidvar and Terry Mercer The Philanthropist October 16, 2018 charities, CSSB, NonProfits, Opinions

"What our work has already told us, however, is that the charitable and non-profit sectors are in serious danger of falling behind unless the government takes swift action to make it more sustainable and fairer."

SPEECH: Motion to Revoke the Honourary Citizenship Bestowed to Aung San Suu Kyi

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada October 2, 2018 Aung San Suu Kyi, Bangladesh, genocide, Myanmar, Rohingya

"We need to send a strong signal here in Canada and around the world that if you're an accomplice of a genocide, you are not welcome here. Certainly not as an honorary citizen."

News Release: Senators explore Canada’s partnership with the charitable sector

Senate of Canada Senate of Canada September 24, 2018 charities, News Releases, non-profits

“We heard from a number of witnesses this week that charities and non-profits need a home within the federal government. Our committee has a real opportunity to define how Canada can create a modern, enabling environment for the charitable sector.”

Advisory: Senate committee to resume landmark charitable sector study

Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector Senate of Canada September 15, 2018 charities, non-profits

The Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector will resume its study on laws and policies governing the charitable sector in Canada with full-day meetings on Monday, September 17 and Tuesday, September 18.

OPINION: Canada needs a government-backed social finance fund

Ratna Omidvar and Art Eggleton Hill Times August 27, 2018 Opinions, SOCI, Social Finance

We need to become more imaginative in the ways we find the money to tackle social issues. A federally-backed social finance fund could be an effective way of connecting untapped private capital with solutions for important social issues.

Senators’ Statements: World Refugee Day 2018

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada June 20, 2018 Bangladesh, Myanmar, refugees, Rohingya, undocumented migrant children, World Refugee Day

" Let’s reflect on which choice has made us stronger, not just nationally but internationally. Let’s focus more on what can and must be done by us as individuals, by us as a nation, and by us as a member of the global world order."

SPEECH: Minister Hussen’s Commitment to Address Unintended Consequences of Bill C-45 for Immigrants

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada June 19, 2018 Bill C-45, cannabis, Chamber Speeches, immigrants, legalization

"We argued in committee and in the chamber, I believe, that it was not simply unfair but also against the principle of the bill, which is decriminalization. Instead, as a knock-on effect, there is an over-the-top impact on just one class of residents, and that is permanent residents, while others follow a different path to rehabilitation."

Senators’ Statements: Remembering Air India Flight 182

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada June 19, 2018 Air India, Indo-Canadians, Statements

"Honourable senators, there are moments that define our history. This is one of them. We must never forget this incident, the lives lost, the victims and their families. After all these years, lives have been eventually remade, however tenuously, but the loss has not been forgotten."

SPEECH: The Federal Role in a Social Finance Fund – New Report from the Senate’s Social Affairs Committee

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada June 14, 2018 charities, non-profits, SOCI, Social Finance

"We have old challenges, such as affordable housing, but we also have new emerging challenges such as the development of products for a low-carbon economy. And all of these challenges need to be financed and resourced in one way or another. Social finance offers us new ways to fuel solutions."

Senator Frances Lankin Celebrates Ratna Omidvar’s Honourary Degree from Ryerson University

Senator Francis Lankin Senate of Canada June 14, 2018 Ryerson University, Senator Francis Lankin, Statements

"The other thing that is exceptional about Senator Ratna Omidvar, who received her Honorary Doctor of Laws this week — this is her second one — is the impact she has had on our collective lives in Canada. She came here as an immigrant and has been a leader in community organizations at the grassroots level. Peoples’ lives are touched through her settlement work and advocacy around migration and immigration issues."