Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

• Discussions with the federal government about potential funding opportunities to support standard-setting in Canada through the creation of a Canadian Sustainability Standards Board.
• Funding provided by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) to CPA Canada for planned initiatives related to financial literacy, entrepreneurs and businesses. Also seeking further funding opportunities from BDC for CPA Canada initiatives, publications and events including, but not limited to, The ONE National Conference, the Oil and Gas Conference, Conference for Audit Committees, Mastering Money Conference and Webinars.
• Seeking funding from other federal government institutions for planned CPA Canada initiatives, publications and events including, but not limited to, The ONE National Conference, the Oil and Gas Conference, Conference for Audit Committees, Mastering Money Conference and International Trade Webinars.

Policies or Program

• Advice and recommendations regarding sustainable finance and the transition to a low-carbon economy.
• Advice, input and feedback to Canada Revenue Agency on strategies and activities to combat the underground economy, tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance to improve tax compliance and enhance the integrity of the tax system.
• Advice, input and feedback to government on policies and regulations related to digital technologies and the collection, storage, use and ownership of data.
• Advice, input and feedback to government with respect to amending the Canada Business Corporations Act to include beneficial ownership reporting requirements.
• Advice, input and feedback to the Standards Council of Canada; Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada; and the government regarding standards, codes and regulations to ensure the integrity of data.
• Advocating for mandatory adoption of sustainability standards.
• CPA Canada’s involvement with the Plenary, associated Working Groups and other Committees for Canada’s National Climate Change Adaptation Platform through Natural Resources Canada.
• Canada’s role in supporting the implementation of new global sustainability standards, being developed by the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation, as well as working as a coalition to support Canada’s role.
• Communication on final report to the Foreign Credential Recognition Program for supporting and expediting the entry of Internationally Trained Accountants (ITAs) and supporting and increasing the number of Aboriginal finance professionals with the Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Canada’s (AFOA Canada).
• Communication on the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada’s call for applications for eligible entities to serve as Canada’s single banking external complaints body.
• Consultations with government officials about the agenda of upcoming G7 or G20 meetings.
• Consultations with government officials regarding the Government of Canada’s intent to establish a new Financial Crimes Agency.
• Consultations/recommendations to Canada Revenue Agency with respect to minimizing the administrative burden for businesses and taxpayers.
• Discussion with government officials in the context of a planned review of standard setting in Canada.
• Discussion with government officials in the context of the Learning and Development Stakeholder Advisory Group.
• Discussion with government officials on CPA Canada’s Foresight project aimed at reimagining the future of the accounting profession.
• Discussions with CRA on interpretative issues with respect to the administration of tax legislation to collaborate in resolving uncertainty and ambiguity in tax law to help promote better compliance by taxpayers.
• Discussions with Canada Revenue Agency with respect to education/training for taxpayers/tax practitioners.
• Discussions with government as it relates to the Senate’s internal and external audits and related matters.
• Discussions with government officials about public sector employment opportunities and international accountancy members and standard-setting bodies.
• Discussions with government officials on research and policies to improve gender equality and women’s economic outcomes.
• Discussions with government officials regarding the development and updating of management accounting guidance.
• Discussions with government officials to build our understanding of their training needs in order to understand whether CPA Canada resources and education products can meet their objectives and to identify opportunities of collaboration.
• Discussions with government officials to promote and/or inform content development for CPA Canada initiatives, publications and events.
• Discussions with the federal government about climate related financial disclosures for the purpose of enhancing climate related risk disclosure in both public sector and private sector financial reporting.
• Discussions with the federal government concerning Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022.
• Discussions with the federal government on various aspects of the Canadian housing finance system and the housing market more generally.
• Discussions with the federal government on various aspects of the Excise Tax Act to provide technical expertise that will ensure that tax-related legislation achieves its intended purpose.
• Discussions with the federal government on various aspects of the Income Tax Act to provide technical expertise that will ensure that tax-related legislation achieves its intended purpose and does not inadvertently affect taxpayers that it was not supposed to impact.
• Dual-designation certification program (CMA/CPFA) for public servants. CPFA is a British-based designation that is now offered with CMA to all levels of government in Canada. CMA is a Certified Management Accountant and CPFA is a Certified Public Finance Accountant.
• Federal government budgets with respect to tax and fiscal policy measures.
• Infrastructure, with respect to governance of the Canada Infrastructure Bank and investments in green infrastructure.
• Interested in working with federal government on programs and other initiatives with regard to financial literacy
• Interested in working with the federal government on financial capacity building in indigenous communities through financial literacy and increasing the number of indigenous finance professionals.
• Participation in, input and feedback provided to the Financial Action Task Force’s Private Sector Consultative Forum.
• Policy advice regarding incenting business innovation and growing businesses to compete globally.
• Policy advice regarding measures to support climate change adaption and resiliency in both the public and private sectors.
• Policy advice regarding recruitment and integration of internationally trained professionals.
• Policy advice regarding skills training and programs to address future labour market needs.
• Programs or services to assist in growing and advancing accounting education, professionalization and standard-setting in developing countries.
• Programs related to international education, including recruitment of international students to Canada and delivery of education programs and services to international markets.
• Programs related to the labour market for increased participation and inclusion.
• Providing recommendations to the government on a proposed digital services tax.
• Providing research on economic and social policy topics such as income inequality and the nature of employment.
• Representation to government with a focus on enhancing services and tax administration to ensure a well-running tax system for Canada.
• Tax simplification/reform, involving discussions with the federal government to undertake a comprehensive review of Canada's tax system to reduce its complexities and inefficiencies.
• The progress of free trade negotiations and the implementation of free trade agreements as they relate to the provision of professional services and the movement of businesspeople and service providers.

Regulation

• Advice, input and feedback to government officials regarding Canada’s overall anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime and other financial-related crimes.
• Advice, input and feedback to government officials regarding Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Legislation and Regulations, FINTRAC Guidance and Policy Interpretations and Canada’s National Inherent Risk Assessment for Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.
• Advice, input and feedback to government with respect to whistleblowing in respect of AML and a broader Canadian whistleblower framework.
• Recommendations for improvements to regulations affecting the operation of Canada's capital markets and reporting, disclosure and verification of information used by these markets