Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was going to make my statement yesterday but, in view of the statements about the accomplishments of Nunavut, T.F.N. and statements about Louis Riel, I felt the issue I wanted to raise could perhaps wait until today.

Mr. Speaker, yesterday in the gallery, there was a man from Toronto. His name is Matt Gleason and he is a man to whom people involved in voluntary, charitable business turn to when they have money problems. Because of the turndown in the economy and because of the cutbacks in government funding many of us have tried to find innovative, imaginative ways of raising funds to help these organizations to survive very difficult times.

What we learned is that there are many ways in which charitable and other organizations can raise money in addition to just putting on bingos and selling raffle tickets. There are all kinds of wonderful ways in which you can, in fact, give money and have more left in the end because of the magic of our taxation system. I recommend all those people in communities who are faced with the same problems that many of us have in the city, should organize themselves and get into the community. You can learn an awful lot about the way in which life insurance policies can, in fact, be bought and used to your advantage not only to your estate but also to your financial position personally. I found it rather a magical evening to listen to this person who is in the business of helping people raise money for the voluntary sector.

What I would like to suggest is that the government, which spends an awful lot of money, could use that kind of imagination in trying to solve our problems.

In closing, Mr. Speaker, because I am going to stay within my time, I would like to remind Members that in the charitable organization business, the Council for Disabled Persons will hold a celebrity auction on Saturday, 7:00 o'clock, downstairs and, if you are lucky, you will be able to get Mr. Allooloo to teach you Inuktitut for a couple of lessons. Thank you.