I come at this from spending a number of years working as a volunteer with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, who are colleagues of yours. I want to follow up on Mr. McCallum's question: How do we invest in a way that helps the greatest number of Canadians with the greatest needs?
I agree that there is a role for the tax deduction system. My son just started playing hockey this year. That will help me, but he probably would have played hockey anyway. I don't need the help. There are lots of other kids not too far from where we live who can't play hockey. We don't have enough infrastructure, and we don't have enough support for low-income families. Would it not make sense that, whatever we invest and however we invest the 1% in health and sport, there should be some priority given to those most in need?