Today, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue, announced the updated membership for the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (ACCS).
The ACCS is a consultative forum for the Government of Canada to engage in meaningful dialogue with the charitable sector, to advance emerging issues relating to charities, and to ensure the regulatory environment supports the important work that charities do.
The following member, selected from the committee's existing membership, will serve a two-year term as ACCS sector co-chair, beginning November 1:
- Sheherazade Hirji, former Resident Representative, Aga Khan Development Network, Afghanistan
To ensure continuity, the inaugural sector co-chairs began one-year terms in the following roles, effective September 1, 2022:
- Bruce MacDonald, President & CEO, Imagine Canada (Transitional Co-chair)
- Hilary Pearson, former President, Philanthropic Foundations Canada (Past Co-chair)
Additionally, the following members will begin two-year terms with the committee on November 1, 2022:
- Althea Arsenault - Manager Resource Development, Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation, Government of New Brunswick
- Elisabeth Baugh - former CEO, Ovarian Cancer Canada
- Minnie Karanja - Director of Government Relations and Public Policy, Network for the Advancement of Black Communities
- Kevin McCort - President & CEO, Vancouver Foundation (reappointed for a second term)
The four incoming members will join eleven current ACCS members, whose terms are ongoing. Please visit the ACCS web page to view the full membership and their biographies.
Minister Lebouthillier also wishes to recognize and thank the departing committee members, whose terms ended on August 31, 2022:
- Peter Dinsdale - President & CEO, YMCA Canada
- Arlene MacDonald - former Executive Director, Community Sector Council of Nova Scotia
- Andrea McManus - Chief Advancement Officer, Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity and Co-Founder and Senior Counsel of ViTreo Group
