Through you, Madam Chair, thank you to the honourable member.
We could probably have this conversation at The Keystorm. I'm sure Dan Thompson would love it.
You've hit on another important issue: the idea that the United Way is going to have the lobbying capacity equal to that of a multinational corporation. In fact, it's funny you mentioned the United Way, because that was the example that was always used when the bill was put together.
How do we strike that balance so that we're not overprofessionalizing the industry? I think we're dangerously close to doing that.
We're putting in place so much of a compliance burden that only people who do this as a living are going to be able to navigate the rules. Talk to anybody in the non-profit sector and they'll tell you that there are grants on which they spend more money filling out the application than the grant is worth, and this is going to put another layer on it.
I don't know what the answer is, Mr. Barrett, but I think it's useful that the committee is cognizant of that. Don't make a bill aimed at the top; make a bill aimed across the spectrum of the kinds of people who may or may not want to talk to government about a specific issue.
Each one of these recommendations is a step towards professionalizing this so that the United Way has to hire somebody like me.