2-The Canadian Champion, Friday, December 12, 2003 MANY 0F OUR CUSTOMERS WAIT ALL YEAR FOR OUR ONE AND ONLY SALE. 20"l AN UAL D1 S4»E IS ON RUGHT NOW. Ilcrcs jnst a Ikw el our lInc molor vchlclcs. an't UInd 0l hcrc? Check oui *Ww.orrudsautogroupcom How many more cars do we have on our lot? A lot. In fact we have over 350 automobiles and trucks with more arriving each and every day. 310 Ui lu 403131.1 A - iVat. ( 1yS,I '12M -M M MMS s ¶1. i~u'u Mi Liii. 0.1 (Mi 3A21l) 1-va Sgeuv Ele. 82MM MM In ans 2M am OIeha Lt ais100 2M Mm h4ÉuTIl 4x4 S1O,00 lWiSut4*l Mii l~â 131K - ~ .f,~~m3béu.h~ k. SSIi, 1mn. M~ 2111 es am - MR. ai S(Mbqmgxo onSi - ligie - U~ Obutausty, same conditions applt ta ait of Uic benoita iisted abave (unfortunatey, same rotten applea have trfed ta take j adeantage af ourgenerosiy and gaod nature). We'5 glue you the ftull detalis when tue aee Mou. We're one of Southern 4jeIES VNLUNPIN Ontariors largest A~[IT >58527 sdcar dealerships! uR a communication with public key foi, non-profi, organizations, says author By HOWARD MOZEL Special to The Champion Faced witb the fail- out of an increasingly complex and co et itive fundmng en=rn voluntary organiza- Katherine Scott dions can't afford. to suifer lin silence any longer. That was the message of Katherine Scott, the keynote speaker at a recent worksbop cailed Funding Matters: A Wamning and an Opportuity. Ms Scott admitted there are no easy answers but stressed to attendees that tbey must mobilize to open dialogue witb each other, consmunicate their predicament to thse public, encourage funders to reform thse current system, and more. "This is critical rigbt now," said Ms Scott, autisor of Funding Matters: The Impact of Canada's New Fundmng Regime on Non-profit and Voluntary Organizations. The event, bosted by Community Developmnent Halton as the Holiday Inn Oakville Centre, was beld to belp parici- pants understand and cope witb the impact of Canada's current fiunding environent. To tisat end, Ms Scott outlined the myri- ad of changes to, funding over the past decade - sucb as governmenta down- loading - and the many ways the systens affects agencies. She underscored tbe severity of the issue by first illustrating just how enonnous the non-profit and volun- teer sectors are in tbis country. For exans- pie, it's estimnated that there are 80,000 chasities in Canada and 100,000 other non- Profits that represent 8 per cent of the GDP and employ 900,000 people. Canadians also volunteer a billion person-bours, or 500,000 fifl-time jobs, eacb year. -Mhs isn't an insignificant segment of the economy," abe sai, adding that it remains one that's "largely invisible." Ms Scott, a senior policy associate witb tbe Canadian Council on Social Developmnent (CCSD) i Ottawa, recently conducted a comprehensive, cross-country study of Ibis sector, a survey wbicb "paints a startling picture" of the funding situation over a period frons 1997 to, 2001. The field, she said, ia "sti11 stnsggling witb the consequences" of a decade of downloading and goveroment cutbacks, a period during wbicb - not coincidentally - service demnand increased. wbile hicome polarization grew. Non-profits bave essen- tiaily ended up subsidizing govemmurent programas, said Ms Scott, wbo added Ibat it's not rigbt for non-profits to be low- icome sourees of staff lng for Ibose in power. Non-profits alto badl to, worry about not only wbere tbey got fundig, but bow tbey got it, said Ma Scott, i an icreaingly labyrintbine system. of applying, reporting and quantifying resulta. Government remnama tbe largeat soure of funding (61 per cent) wbile eamned icomne stands at around 21 per cent. Private giving accounts for approximnately 19 per cent bot renains a "volatile" coin- ponent of the equation. "Competition these daya for donations is itense," said Ms Scott, addig tba wbile "0,4w 99Pm IÇQ I