M-94 Instruction to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (charitable and not-for-profit sectors)

That the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities be instructed to undertake a study that examines the status of the charitable and not-for-profit sectors in Canada and to make recommendations by: (a) identifying the strategic role that organizations in these sectors play in our economy, as well as their socio-economic impact; (b) setting out a series of economic, tax and funding policies that will both strengthen these sectors and protect the jobs they create; and (c) finding ways that the government can increase support for and the capacity of charitable and not-for-profit organizations; and that the Committee report its findings and recommendations to the House no later than October 31, 2017.