Charities need money, but also more to spur post-pandemic recovery

As Canada recovers from the pandemic and potentially fights off a fourth wave, we need lasting change for the charitable sector. We need to move past ad hoc solutions and advocacy.

The pandemic has highlighted that the charitable sector forms an integral part of the social infrastructure of the country, and yet, it doesn’t have the ear of the government, past or present—at least not on an ongoing permanent basis, writes Sen. Ratna Omidvar.Unsplash photograph by Joel Muniz

Opinion

BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR RATNA OMIDVAR

August 18, 2021

Charities rarely get attention from the media and so I was gratified to read the op-ed that appeared in this paper on the urgency for the sector as it helps Canadians recover from the pandemic. As the

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