Mr. Speaker, the premise of the hon. member's question is incorrect. No money from the federal government is going to the Jets hockey team, as has been said by the Prime Minister and
every other member of the government time after time. The basic premise of his question is incorrect.
With respect to the issue of whether any organization is entitled to charitable status, I have to tell the hon. member what I told my hon. friend from the Bloc a moment or two ago. That is, past decisions of the courts have said that organizations that are strictly for sporting purposes are not charities within the definition that has been put forward by the courts over the years. That is the situation in law. That is the law I must follow.