Social Finance Archives - Ratna Omidvar

Charting the Future Course of the Charitable Sector: Is the Government now a Catalyst for Change?

Senator Ratna Omidvar and Senator Terry M. Mercer iPolitics April 23, 2021 board diversity, charities, covid19charitable, NonProfits, Social Finance, volunteers

Senator Omidvar and Senator Mercer discuss the impact of the pandemic on charities and non-profits, the federal budget, and the government's response to the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector's report.

The Philanthropist Interview: Exploring Issues Faced by the Charitable Sector

Kim Hart Macneill The Philanthropist October 29, 2020 charities, covid19charitable, Direction and Control, Effective Accountable Charities Act News, Social Finance

Senator Omidvar discusses the importance of social finance and why it's time to review the Income Tax Act as it pertains to charities.

Feds Hurried to Spend $50M Social-Finance Cash, Documents Show

Jordan Press Canadian Press || CTV News January 7, 2020 charities, employment, non-profits, Social Finance, social innovation

In the lead up to the recent general election the federal government spent public funds destined to help build capacity for social finance projects

‘Outcome Buying’ is a Positive Way Governments can Fund Social Enterprises

Jeff Cyr | Stephen Huddart Policy Options November 7, 2019 Social Finance, social innovation

Read about this new and powerful tool for Canada's social sector that can generate solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges.

3 Radical Ideas from the Senate that Nonprofit Leaders Should Know

Tonya Surman Future of Good June 28, 2019 charities, CSSB, NonProfits, Social Finance

How can we fuel funding and innovation in the charitable sector? Tonya Surman, Founder and CEO of the Centre for Social Innovation, points to three recommendations from the final report of the Senate's Charities Committee.

Canada’s Social Finance Fund to Launch by 2021

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada April 4, 2019 Social Finance

Watch the full exchange between Senators Omidvar and Harder on the implementation of Canada's social finance fund during Senate Question Period.

OPINION: Ottawa just quietly launched a new kind of capitalism

Yung Wu and Stephen Huddart The Globe and Mail November 29, 2018 charities, NonProfits, Opinions, Social Finance

"It’s now essential that entrepreneurs, investors, non-profits and businesspeople step up with innovative ideas to tackle social and environmental issues."

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.

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.