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For many donors, giving to a cause is much more important than giving to a particular charity. Many know they want to donate to alleviate food insecurity, or to support young people, for example, but might not be sure where the funds are best placed.

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When Canada Post became a Crown corporation more than 40 years ago, it was given a mandate to serve all Canadians and remain financially self-sustainable. A lot has changed since then in terms of how people use the postal service. For instance, mail has been in decline since 2006. Each year, Canada Post delivers fewer letters to a growing number of households. This means mail revenues are decreasing while costs are rising. At the same time, private companies are delivering more and more of Canadians’ parcels, which adds to our losses. Unfortunately, when Canada Post loses money, taxpayers now foot the bill – a bill which currently amounts to about $1 billion a year. This is not sustainable, nor is it necessary. Instead of increasing our reliance on taxpayers, there are practical changes we can make to modernize the nation’s postal service and make it financially sustainable. Canada Post remains a vital national institution – and Canadians deserve a postal service that is strong, stable and fits their needs. That’s why I fully support the measures announced last week by the Government of Canada.

First, community mailboxes. Currently, less than one in four households still receives door to door delivery. Converting more households to community mailboxes will fuel significant savings. This initiative includes our well-established delivery accommodation program. Used by more than 17,000 households, it ensures we can meet the delivery needs of Canadians who have accessibility challenges. Second, our retail network of post offices. In 1994, to protect rural postal services, the government created a list of rural post offices that were off-limits to changes. However, the country has changed, but the list hasn’t. So many post offices that were once rural are now in bustling urban or suburban areas with other post offices in nearby stores and pharmacies. In these now overserved areas, we need to update our retail network. But it’s important to emphasize that we remain steadfast in our commitment to protecting services in rural, remote, northern and Indigenous communities. As someone who comes from rural Nova Scotia, I deeply understand the need for these vital services. Third, to align our operations to the modern needs of the country, we’ll need to be leaner. Serving a country as large as Canada will always be labour-intensive, but we’re overstaffed. With thousands of employees eligible to retire over the next five years, we can minimize the impact on our people.

Canadians have been changing the way they use the postal service, and we must change with them. We also understand the importance of our service to small businesses across the country, and we need to get this right. As we move forward, our commitment to Canadians is to be transparent, fair and respectful. We will be attentive to concerns and responsive to questions. While our labour situation is extremely challenging, we also remain committed to reaching new agreements at the bargaining table. It’s vital these agreements reflect our financial reality and support the changes we need to make – while helping us stand on our own, without taxpayer funding. The journey to restore and renew the postal service is now under way. We will share information as we go on the changes and how we will implement them. Our goal is to provide an affordable, reliable and sustainable service to every Canadian – one that lifts our national pride by strengthening our connections to each other. Doug Ettinger President and CEO Canada Post

Canada Post CEO Doug Ettinger has sent a letter to Canadians to media.

Here it is.

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91 Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

Jane Goodall was not only a pioneering primatologist, she also campaigned more relentlessly and selflessly for the natural world than anyone I know.

A great soul if ever there was one
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Cooking up opportunity: Co-ops, worker-led business models helping newcomers thrive | Future of Good When you move into a country as large and diverse as Canada, it can be difficult to find a taste of the familiar.

Newcomer women in Canada are turning recipes into revenue—and reclaiming community through food and co-ops. From empanadas at Granville Island to multilingual translation services, Flavours of Hope and Culture Links are rewriting the immigrant recipe. Read the full article here: tinyurl.com/mrx69sr5

“We need to face the truth: not all groups arriving in Canada are treated equally," said one advocate.

“Canada has already demonstrated that when it chooses to, it can provide strong support such as income assistance, temporary housing and settlement services.”

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“Our country is built on the premise that everyone has the right to express themselves, even when others don’t agree with or like what they say.”

124 U.S. funders wrote an open letter last week. Find out why, and how this affects non-profits in Canada. futureofgood.co/124-u-s-fund...

Blended finance pilot fund to become permanent | Future of Good Fondation Lucie and André Chagnon stepped up with a $1 million pledge to match community bonds and preferred shares issued by social economy organizations across Quebec. Over the next two years, each ...

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Each philanthropic dollar invested in this blended finance fund generated $1.60 from the community, for a total of $7 million, and $12.80 from financial partners.

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Restoring polluted land: Unique reforestation land trust launched in Quebec | Future of Good What do you do when your land trust can’t find any land to protect? You use the trust to create some.

What do you do when your land trust can’t find any clean land to protect? You use the trust to create some.

Find out why this group of Quebec citizens took a tool designed to protect pristine land to go one green step further.

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“You’ve got to go where the money is. The charities need to go where the donors are going."

Where are they going? Donor-Advised Funds, and DAF Day is coming to Canada.

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An innovative and efficient way to support non-profits is getting its own spotlight in Canada with the launch of Donor-Advised Fund Day or DAF Day.
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What do you do when your land trust can’t find any clean land to protect?

You use the trust to create some.

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OP-ED – Wild Things meets good impact: How stories change Canada’s social finance future | Future of Good When Maurice Sendak published Where the Wild Things Are, he revealed a simple truth: imagination helps us make sense of the world, gain agency, and chart paths.

Stories do what data alone cannot: they stick, scale, and inspire action.

In this op-ed, Dan Lammot connects Where the Wild Things Are to Canada’s Social Finance Fund — showing why storytelling is the missing piece in building a lasting impact ecosystem.

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Amnesty International Canada and numerous other Canadian aid groups say the federal government has been too timid in its treatment of Israel, especially as the UN has now officially classified the conflict a genocide.

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124 American non-profit funders write open letter denouncing political violence, prepare for Trump backlash | Future of Good More than 100 American philanthropic organizations have issued an open letter denouncing political violence and warning against attempts to curtail their work.

NO PAYWALL: Nearly 125 American philanthropic organizations published an open letter to the Trump Administration, denouncing the government officials’ recent misleading remarks, blaming them for fomenting violence after the homicide of Charlie Kirk.

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The aftershocks of abandonment: 6 months later, Canadian aid organizations urge feds to help fill $35B void left by U.S. | Future of Good Canadian aid groups are in the midst of the aftershocks after the U.S. slashed funding through humanitarian crisis zones - and say Canada can take the lead.

When Trump shut down USAID, $35B in global aid vanished overnight In Canada, 13 groups got $1M each to keep frontline work alive, leaders say more is needed.

“This is an opportunity for Canada to take a leadership role,” says Dr. Samantha Nutt of War Child Canada.
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Affordable housing, robust benefits, transparency and more: 7 things the social sector wants from Budget 2025 | Future of Good The social sector is demanding a renewed focus on housing and social assistance as part of its federal pre-budget submissions.

🇨🇦 This year, several organizations are raising the alarm on rising rates of poverty in Canada, which affect & are affected by a lack of affordable housing, inadequate social assistance, & food insecurity.

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#GreenShield, Canada’s only national non-profit health care & insurance organization, has reached a game-changing milestone by improving the health & well-being of one million Canadians.

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Future of Good membership means you’ll never do this work alone. Our Community Hub is where changemakers meet, trade support, and share wins.

We believe Canada’s changemakers deserve journalism, insights, and community that help them thrive — because better supported changemakers create a better world.

How I experimented with games to change the world | Future of Good Can playing a game be a tool for social change? I decided to find out and attended two nights of group play around the idea of using games to help demonstrate possibilities of positive change in socie...

This summer, journalist Diane Bérard attended gaming nights featuring social-change board games.

🎮 Gaming has been used for many years to motivate users to change their health habits.

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In the latest Charity Village Connects podcast episode, our Executive Director, Anouk Bertner, discusses recent research that found individuals who work at food banks are experiencing food insecurity themselves.

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Canadian aid groups denounce airdrops as “costly, dangerous and ineffective” | Future of Good Canadian aid groups are criticizing the federal government’s decision to airdrop food into the Gaza Strip, saying that it undermines years of work.

Canadian aid groups have criticized the Government of Canada’s decision to drop aid pallets in the Gaza Strip.

Several aid groups headquartered in Canada continue to pay and support Palestinian staff on the ground.

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