Public Policy Sources #31:
Introduction

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In February 1999, the Voluntary Sector Roundtable Panel on Accountability and Governance in the Voluntary Sector, chaired by The Hon. Ed Broadbent, published its final report, Building on Strength: Improving Governance and Accountability in Canada’s Voluntary Sector. This document, referred to henceforth as the final report, was the result of over a year’s consultation between the Panel and the voluntary sector, which included response to a consultation document published in May 1988.1

The Fraser Institute responded2 to the interim discussion paper, but none of the Institute’s concerns are addressed in the final report. As these concerns also were not raised by the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy (CCP) in its own submission to the Panel,3 it would appear that the questions raised by the Institute remain unanswered.

The final report is wide-ranging, and it is not the aim of this paper to review each of its recommendations. Rather, this paper is intended to focus on one of the report’s major recommendations--that a new Voluntary Sector Commission (VSC) be formed. As well, some ancillary issues attached to this proposal will be investigated. After examining the final report’s proposals in these areas, the authors also will offer an alternative to the report’s proposed architectural changes to the Canadian voluntary sector.

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