Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We just celebrated the sixth year of Prime Minister Harper taking power in Canada—of the first Conservative government being sworn in. Since that time, our government has introduced a number of measures that have supported charities. We've received a number of accolades from various charitable groups. I'll quote one of them from Philanthropic Foundations Canada. They said that these measures “will spur donations and enable private foundations to do even more for Canadian communities”. I would add that our friends opposite have opposed every measure we have taken to help charities.
I'll start off with Mr. Burrows. You mentioned that our current tax system in Canada is probably the most generous in the world when it comes to charitable giving and incentives. Could you compare that with the American tax regime? Notwithstanding all of that, why are Americans more generous than Canadians?