Final Report Consultation on the Review of the Consultation Process

There is intentionality to the process, the scope of the issues is narrow enough to tackle and the approach to dealing with the issues is proactive, when most of the time our default mode is to be reactive. [...] While we place, perhaps, more emphasis on the changes to the more formal aspects of the relationship, for me the more important change was our opening the door to the myriad informal contacts that developed and the willingness of the sector to walk through that open door to speak its mind openly and freely. [...] Member composition The Committee consists of up to 20 members: • up to 2 co-chairs from the charitable sector; • up to one “past” co-chair from the charitable sector; • up to one “transitional” co-chair from the charitable sector; • the Assistant Commissioner of the Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch (LPRAB) of the CRA, serving as the CRA co-chair; • up to 13 members with experience. [...] The roles and responsibilities of the sector co-chairs include: • liaising between the sector members and the Secretariat; and, © 2022 The Muttart Foundation 19 • representing the views of the Committee as a whole. [...] In the event of any question arising about whether a topic of discussion will be pursued, the co-chairs together, and/or the Minister and the Commissioner individually, will have the authority to decide whether to include the topic of discussion in the agenda.