On October 15, 2006, the "Toronto Star" reported that the Career Foundation, a federally funded charity serving the unemployed, had paid seven of its clients to work on Volpe's leadership campaign. The Foundation is headquartered in Volpe's Eglinton—Lawrence riding and fell under his purview during his tenure as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. The "Star" article indicated that three Foundation managers objected to paying workers in a partisan political campaign, on the grounds that it was an inappropriate use of taxpayer funds and incompatible with the foundation's charitable status. The Foundation's executive director, Colin Morrison, was quoted as saying that the assignment of clients served a "higher purpose" of "helpunemployed people." Volpe described the "Star"'s report as "a total fiction", and the latest in a series of attempts to derail his campaign.