Mr. Speaker, I am baffled at the opposition of the NDP to this bill.
Not only do unions already have the means to collect this information, but they already submit it to the CRA. That is why there is no additional cost to the unions to do this.
More to the point, the member is suggesting that my party or I am somehow against union members or union organizations. That is simply not the case at all.
It is my belief that this bill will actually increase the confidence that Canadians have in labour organizations, because they will see the value produced by these institutions and that the money is well spent. As I said to the member earlier in my speech, 83% of Canadians want this information and 86% of union members polled want this information. The number is even higher in Quebec, where I have done much media and the latter are very supportive of this initiative.