Thank you for presenting this motion.
Yes, we did discuss earlier that we would study the whole issue of charitable organizations, so I understand where this is coming from. But if we look at our schedule over the fall, our pre-budget hearings are going to take up most of our fall. If we look at the amount of time you are requesting, 12 meetings, I wonder whether we need anywhere near that amount of time.
While we've all agreed that this is an area we're going to be studying, but given that there are other things that have come up, like tax havens, that we've agreed to revisit, and other things--obviously the budget in the new year and there will be other things that come up--my recommendation would be, and maybe I'll propose an amendment, that we have an initial four meetings and then review where we're at to see if we need further meetings. To block off a guaranteed minimum of 12 meetings seems like an enormous amount of time. So my recommendation, my proposal, is, as an amendment, that we have a minimum of four meetings, followed by a review, with the possibility of extending, based on our preliminary review of the subject.