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House of Commons Debates VOLUME 146 Ï NUMBER 176 Ï 1st SESSION Ï 41st PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Monday, November 5, 2012 Speaker: The Honourable Andrew Scheer CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 11885 HOUSE OF COMMONS Monday, November 5, 2012 The House met at 11 a.m. They cannot fill out paperwork year after year and then, every third year, worry about whether or not they will receive the grant or amount of money they need to keep going. They are forced to plan for the very short term. They often implement projects that meet the Prayers real needs of their community, but then have to abandon these vital projects within a few years, after investing a great deal of time and energy into them, because grants provide very short-term funding PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS and must be renewed, or depend on the government of the day. That is a real need, something that the government could do if it were Ï (1105) serious about acknowledging philanthropy. [Translation] I would like to speak briefly about what a national philanthropy NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY DAY ACT day could achieve, in real terms or otherwise. I have been a member The House resumed from October 30 consideration of the motion of this House for more than one and a half hears and, unfortunately, I that Bill S-201, An Act respecting a National Philanthropy Day, be am coming to the realization that all too often, bills are introduced to read the third time and passed. show Canadians that an issue is being taken seriously, or that the parliamentary system is useful.
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