The proponents of the bill like to say that we ask this of charities, so why can't we ask it of unions? I want to hold this up. It's a filing from one of the largest charities in the country. It's Alberta Health Services. They have the highest revenue of all charities in the country, one of the highest number of employees, and their filing is 11 pages thick. CRA has over 300 employees, and it costs $33 million a year to administer the charities program, so that would give you an indication as to where we are.
This bad boy here is two-sided print, and in one language, English. This is from the United Steelworkers of America. It files 715 pages for its filing, which is very close to what we're asking organized unions in Canada to file. That's what we're asking them to file. In the U.S., at the Office of Labor-Management Standards, it costs them $41.3 million a year to administer. They have 249 people on staff.
I'm going to put forward two motions at the end of the meeting here, one with regard to calling CRA in to give us its estimates for what it's going to cost taxpayers. We're also going to ask the Parliamentary Budget Officer to give his.
Do you see the merit in having those people in to tell us what it's going to cost?
Mr. Chassin, your organization is big on education. Do you think that's a wise move?