I think the Globe and Mail had an article on this yesterday, and it got the whole thing wrong. Basically, this has nothing to do with foreign funding of Canadian charities. This has to do with the issue that there is a category of foreign groups that will be considered qualified donees. If a Canadian donates to them, it results in their getting a tax incentive, as if they had donated to a Canadian charity.
I welcome the cleanup of that thing to make it more clear, what it applies to. Before, it wasn't clear how Bill Clinton got his foundation in, how some other groups got in. There were nine groups on that list, with no clarity. Now there's clarity.
I'm hoping that Finance and CRA will come up with a list of some very good, reputable foreign organizations, put them on the list, either because they deal with emergencies or because they deal with other things in the national interest, and then Canadians can donate to those foreign entities. That's really all it is.
It's not related to the political issue. It has to do with the fact that right now there are only nine foreign groups on that list. Hopefully, there will be more so that Canadians can donate directly.