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When it comes to giving, Canadians are quietly generous
The 2013 index suggests that Americans are more than twice as generous as Canadians, based on the share of their income donated to charity (1.33 per cent versus 0.64 per cent for Canadians). This portrait is misleading and unfair because it focuses almost exclusively on tax-deductible giving… Statistics Canada… found that almost every Canadian (94 per cent) aged 15 and older gave money, goods or food in 2010. The average cash gift was $446.
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Cut the capital gains tax, cut the income gap
Many would consider making major donations to social service agencies, such as United Way/Centraide, if they weren’t required to pay capital gains tax on such gifts… Social service agencies have already benefited enormously from the removal of the capital gains tax on charitable gifts of listed securities… In addition to this crucial support for people who have little or no income, our proposal would also provide incremental funding for health care, education and arts and culture.
Tags: budget, disabilities, ideology, philanthropy, poverty, tax
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The harsh spirit of Ebenezer Scrooge lives on
Minister Moore’s words were neither compassionate nor particularly conservative. They sound more like what we hear from the large and growing number of Americans and Canadians who have drifted from right-wing conservatism into radical individualism and anti-government populism. Theirs is a world in which we don’t live our lives as caring neighbours and united citizens but as isolated, self-motivated, economic actors. Relationships are transactional in this world — not based on trust or tradition.
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Good news from Canada’s aboriginal communities
On some of the poorest reserves in the North, kids are thriving… One Laptop per Child Canada, a charity that provides laptops to aboriginal children… come fully loaded with HD video, YouTube streaming, 60 literacy programs, a physical fitness app, a nutrition app, a financial skills app, math games, activities that help kids cope with bullying, alcohol, solvents, family violence, drugs and depression and 25 books written by First Nation, Métis and Inuit authors
Tags: Indigenous, participation, philanthropy, standard of living, youth
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New way to keep the war on poverty alive
… Giveffect [is] Canada’s 4-month-old crowdfunding platform for charities. This will make the Caledon Institute the first think-tank in the country to enter the brave new world of 21st-century philanthropy… The 40-year-old war on poverty is not an easy sell to the millennial generation. And Caledon is not a conventional charity; it does not feed hungry children or build affordable housing. “We’re trying to raise money for information that will contribute to the public good.”
Tags: ideology, philanthropy, poverty, standard of living
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Try to be kinder
What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering, and I responded…sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly. Or, to look at it from the other end of the telescope: Who, in your life, do you remember most fondly, with the most undeniable feelings of warmth? Those who were kindest to you, I bet.
Tags: featured, ideology, mental Health, philanthropy
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Hundreds of millions in foreign aid go unspent, new figures show
The Conservative government announced last year it was cutting $377 million, or about 7.5 per cent, of Canada’s $5 billion aid budget as part of its efforts to slay the deficit. But analysts say letting hundreds of millions of aid dollars lapse is indicative of incompetence on Fantino’s part — or an intentional effort to reduce aid spending in the hopes no one would notice.
Tags: budget, globalization, ideology, philanthropy
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How can we help the poor?
… charity can be unreliable and even sentimental, especially when its aimed at supporting the poor… Canadian opinion-makers increasingly celebrate philanthropic giving while many grow cynical about attempting political solutions to social problems… charity… might be doing the poor more harm than good… “We don’t want to get stuck in this charity-only model. We want to look at economic justice”… “charity is only the first step on the road to justice.”
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Charities aid our economies, communities and lives
As part of their reduced commitment, governments replaced core funding with short-term project funding that no longer paid for overhead or staffing. This short-sighted approach gutted the organizational capacity of many charities, especially small to medium ones. As a result, these charities lack the necessary personnel, infrastructure and resources to successfully fundraise… time to identify the needs, build internal capacity and measure outcomes … just like businesses.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, participation, philanthropy, standard of living, tax
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