Mr. Speaker, that same individual chided Canada for having agreements with Panama, which is a tax haven.
Since the beginning of the crisis, Canadian banks have raked in an after-tax net profit of $46 billion, $6 billion of that because of their presence in tax havens. That seems to me to be quite a bit.
By putting an end to tax evasion, the government could rebalance its finances and would have the leeway to help the economic sectors that need it.
Why is the Minister of Finance helping his banking friends and saving them billions of dollars through their use of tax havens?