With charitable organizations, there are technical issues linked for example to whether they are well run or not, or whether the rules are appropriate. We talked about that today. Because of all these technical issues, a good number of charitable organizations—and we have all heard of these cases—do not spend enough of the money that is given to them on charitable activities. The OECD and the Office of the Auditor General of Canada are the two main organizations that have looked into this issue recently. The OECD mentioned $200 million. You know the schemes, for example selling tax receipts for donations. A $10,000 tax receipt can be sold for $2,000. As a matter of fact, I think that example is quoted in the study. We all know that when it comes to audits and efficiency, there is lots of room for improvement at the Canada Revenue Agency with regard to charitable organizations.
On February 9th, 2012. See this statement in context.