You are alluding to Mr. Roschlau and his organization. In fact, public transit is part of the solution.
Now I would like to talk to the representatives of Imagine Canada. Quite recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Mr. Lauzière. I would like him to provide us with more details on something that we feel is extremely important. We are working on it and no doubt you will soon hear an official announcement from us about this which will be quite favourable to your proposal which we support.
I would like you to take the time, within the limited time at your disposal, to clearly set out the context for this extension, what you are calling the extended tax credit. In your brief, you are sending two messages and I would like to give you the opportunity to clarify what you mean in this regard.
First, you say that incentives “would help place charities on a firmer financial footing.” So, you are talking about charities as such, which is a possible goal. Next, you say that the proposed changes “would have a sustained impact as charities of all sizes and rural, urban and remote communities would benefit from this joint government-citizen investment in quality of life.”
Am I to understand from this that Imagine Canada would like to see—it's in another chapter, of course, but in keeping with the conversation we've just had with Mr. Dorval—to see the government adopt a guiding vision and try to better guide charities operating in areas that might lessen the burden on the state, in other words providing direct services to the public?