Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is holding up the proposed 2009 Federal Budget while he determines if it has done enough to help Canadians during the financial crisis.

Cbc.ca is reporting donations for 2008 are down in some areas, making it hard for charities to continue helping throughout the holidays.

Employees of the PEI provincial government exceeded expectations for their annual donation. The feeble economy is credited with encouraging additional philanthropy.

Essay contest aims to give away $20 000 for french perspective on voter apathy.

Does your charity’s fiscal year end fall on March 31, 2008? If so, you must submit your annual Registered Charity Information Return (T3010A) to Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) no later than September 30, 2008.

Statistics Canada has recently released its satellite account of non-profit institutions and volunteering, spanning the years from 1997 to 2004. The report found that Canada's core non-profit sector accounted for an estimated 2.5 per cent of the nation's economic activity in 2004, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP).

Read a feature article from the HR Council's newsletter, HR Perspectives, on the effort to create a pension plan for the non-profit sector in Quebec.

The Governor General Michaëlle Jean’s latest blog, video blog, and discussion forum on Citizenvoices.gg.ca concerns the November 7, 2007 Urban Arts Forum. The Governor General brought together an unlikely group of 125 young urban artists, decision makers, social and political leaders, members of the Order of Canada, and philanthropists in a downtown Ottawa hip hop club to discuss how the urban arts can foster social inclusion and engage youth in building better communities and neighbourhoods.