Imagine Canada

This example letter by Imagine Canada helps charities and nonprofits to write to their MPs about the Stretch Tax Credit for Charitable Giving proposal.

Keep up to date on current Canadian news about the current economic situation and the Nonprofit Sector. Subscribers are offered daily updates of articles that were specially selected by the library staff at Imagine Canada.You can subscribe through your email, feed, Facebook page or other options.

This monthly e-mail newsletter from Imagine Canada provides news and updates on Federal Government events and developments which are of importance to the nonprofit and charitable sector. Click here to sign up for email delivery.

Imagine Canada's Ottawa Reports (March 2009 Edition) features news and updates on Federal Government events and developments which are of importance to the nonprofit and charitable sector.

Over 75 nonprofits and 'caring companies' signed this open letter by Imagine Canada to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, which calls for continued support and funding for the voluntary sector in the 2009 budget. The letter was also published in the January 15 2009 issue of The Globe and Mail.

Imagine Canada's submission to the Independent Blue Ribbon Panel on Grants and Contribution Programs, which CCVO was a signatory of.

In May 2006, CCVO, along with 14 other Canadian voluntary sector organizations, commented on and endorsed an Imagine Canada submission about the proposed Federal Accountability Act. Imagine Canada presented the submission to a Parliamentary Committee and responded to questions for over half an hour. The Committee’s questions focused on the procurement of federal government contracts and why it is important to the sector, and issues of personal liability for directors.

The submission included the following recommendations:

Grants and Contributions: