This invasion of privacy, particularly in rural or smaller communities, is unjustified. Of course I do want to reiterate the fact that it could also cause increased risk for people in certain fields. For example, in rape crisis centres and domestic abuse shelters, workers are often anonymous to increase their personal safety. To the extent that they fall under the disclosure requirements, they would lose this anonymity and could be put at risk.
Any reporting system is a problem. We're opposed in principle to a compensation cap, but that's been talked about. And of course there's always that index, and once it's put in it's very difficult to change. Lack of consultation has been a problem. And frankly, especially since we don't always deal with the big charities.... We deal with the people we know, and for over 74,000 people in Kingston, just one in two people in Kingston have used the agencies of the United Way. Let's not make their work harder. Let's actually let them spend their time working on the actual agency and program that they want.