Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector

Via email: minister-ministre@fin.gc.ca

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, M.P.
Minister of Finance and National Revenue
555 Mackenzie Avenue
7^th Flr.
Ottawa, ON K1A 0L5

Dear Minister Champagne:

Re: Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector

I am writing on behalf of the Canadian Bar Association’s Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section (CBA Section) regarding the recommendations from the Advisory Committee on the Charitable
Sector (ACCS). Many of these recommendations have gone unanswered.

The CBA is a national association of over 40,000 lawyers, law students, notaries and academics, and our mandate includes seeking improvement in the law and the administration of justice. The CBA Section members practice in all areas of charities and not-for-profit law and in every size of practice.

The Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (ACCS) serves as a consultative forum through which the Government of Canada engages in ongoing dialogue with the charitable sector. Its mandate is to advance consideration of emerging issues affecting registered charities and other qualified donees, and to support a regulatory environment that enables the sector’s work. The ACCS provides recommendations to the Minister of National Revenue and the Commissioner of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) on key and emerging issues.

Since its establishment in 2019, the ACCS has published four reports¹ and submitted multiple recommendations to the Minister of National Revenue for consideration. While the Government
of Canada has acted on several of these—such as introducing measures related to qualifying disbursements and improvements to Form T3010—many recommendations remain outstanding.

The CBA Section requests that the Minister of National Revenue kindly provide a written response to each of the recommendations put forward by the ACCS. A written response is important to ensure transparency, foster ongoing dialogue, and help the charitable sector understand how its input is being considered in the development and improvement of the regulatory framework. This will also support the sector’s ability to effectively evaluate and adapt to any legislative or policy changes that may result from the ACCS’s recommendations.

Sincerely,

(original letter signed by Julie Terrien for Ryma Nasrallah)

Ryma Nasrallah
Chair, Charity and Not-for-Profit Law Section

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