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VIDEO: What are community benefits? Metrolinx’s Eglinton Crosstown LRT Community Benefit Agreement

Metrolinx and Toronto Community Benefits Network Eglinton Crosstown LRT December 3, 2018 community benefit agreements, Eglinton Crosstown, infrastructure, Metrolinx, Toronto, transportation

Watch a short video explaining what community benefits are and how they were successfully pursued through Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT project.

New Public Policy Advocacy Rules for Charities

Bill Schaper Imagine Canada, Philanthropic Foundations Canada and Ontario Nonprofit Network November 30, 2018 charities, political activities

Questions and answers developed jointly by Imagine Canada, Philanthropic Foundations Canada, and the Ontario Nonprofit Network on new changes to the political activities of charities.

SPEECH: Continuing the work of the Senate’s Charities Committee in 2019

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada November 29, 2018 charities, CSSB, non-profits

Senators have agreed to extent the work of its Special Charities Committee into 2019. Read Senator Omidvar's final pitch on how this Committee is creating value for the sector.

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.

OPINION: Canadian non-profits need an innovation boost

Hector Mujica and Narinder Dhami Globe and Mail July 8, 2018 charities, innovation, non-profits

"Canada’s non-profits are constantly pushing themselves to drive down overhead costs (which are largely arbitrary), leaving less room for investing in things such as technology that could actually make organizations more effective and efficient."

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."

News Release: Time is right for social finance fund, Senate committee says

Social Affairs, Science and Technology Committee Senate of Canada May 10, 2018 SOCI, Social Finance

A federally created and supported social finance fund could help Canada solve some of our country's most challenging issues. It will harness the power of private investment and innovative solutions for the public good, the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology said in a report released Thursday.

Question To Minister Qualtrough: What is Public Services doing to promote community benefits?

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada April 17, 2018 Bill C-344, procurement, Public Services

In April 2018, Senator Omidvar asked the Minister of Public Services and Procurement about Bill C-344 and the potential for inserting community benefits principles into her job description. Read more here.

Senate Study Approved – Time to Take Advantage of the Opportunity

Bill Schaper Imagine Canada February 28, 2018 charities, Imagine Canada, non-profits

The Senate recently passed a motion to establish a special committee to carry out an in-depth study of the charitable and nonprofit sector. If you are questioning the importance of this study and the influence of the Senate to enact change, let us bring you up to speed.

Question to Minister Duclos: What can Canadians expect from a national social finance strategy?

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada December 5, 2017 charities, Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, Question Period, Social Finance, social innovation

On December 5, 2017 Senator Ratna Omidvar rose in the Senate Chamber to ask the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, about the development of Canada's social finance strategy. This strategy was named as a key priority in the Minister's mandate letter.