I see that the members of this committee want to increase transparency. I will always be in favour of raising the level of transparency.
The fact of the matter is that information on charities is much like wandering through a maze. We shouldn't have to go to the United States to get information about Canadian charities.
For instance, I have here the SickKids Foundation tax information from 2008. What is interesting about this return is that at the time that SickKids Foundation had an issue with an exorbitant salary of $2.7 million for their CEO, if you look at third-party fundraisers here, in three out of the four cases more was given to the fundraiser than to the hospital. In one case, one of these fundraisers gave themselves 75% of what they took in.
So when you look at this, the case you make is very compelling. There could be another amendment forthcoming that would strengthen my bill even further.
In all fairness, when this individual left the company in 2009, their performance improved, and only one fundraising company at SickKids Foundation made more than what was given to the hospital. So kudos to the SickKids Foundation for trying to fix their problem.