CSI CEO Tonya Surman addresses Senate Special Committee

On September 18, the Senate Special Committee on the Charitable Sector met to examine the impact of federal and provincial laws and policies governing charities, nonprofit organizations, foundations, and other similar groups; and to examine the impact of the voluntary sector in Canada. Our Co-Founder and CEO Tonya Surman was invited to speak to the committee. You can watch that speech here, or read a draft of her words below these two videos.

Other speakers included The McConnell Foundation’s President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Huddart, and Susan Manwaring, Partner and Leader of Social Impact at Miller Thomson LLP. Following their speeches, there was a half-hour Q&A with the committee: