Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank for the great presentations this afternoon.
Professor Slinn, I just have a few questions. Earlier Mr. Zimmer stated that he was a member of a union. I guess it was a B.C. union. Are there not laws in Canada already in place that make it a requirement for unions to provide the information that Mr. Zimmer was talking about?
In fact, I think there are Canadian laws already about transparency. I'm just going to quote this. Federally and in eight of 10 provincial jurisdictions—B.C., Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland—unions are required to provide financial information to their members, either by request or automatically, each year. In B.C., Ontario, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland, financial statements must be audited and provided to members on an annual basis.
Can you comment on that, please, Professor Slinn?