Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and ladies and gentlemen. I understand you've had a long morning, but I do have a statement I want to make. On behalf of CGA Canada and our 64,000 members, we're very pleased to be here and to engage in discussions with you on this very important piec

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. Owen, for your question. It's an important one, in the sense that we really saw the restoration of the role of the Comptroller General as a very good move, because essentially, again, when you're talking about mirroring initiatives taken in the corporate sector, to

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  As far as the second part of your question is concerned, I would be pleased to send you our documents on that subject.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We made a series of recommendations in our briefs during prebudget consultations, which we repeated during the election campaign. The theme remained the same, namely a return to ministerial responsibility and to the role departmental controllers and independent audit committees c

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes, absolutely. We are far from experts on whistleblowing. Several groups appeared before you. Our thoughts really revolve around the principle whereby whistleblowing is really a tool to be used as a last resort. All you really need are good systems in place and an organizationa

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  In our role with CGA Canada, we are registered lobbyists. We have about 12 to 14 of our employees under the revised act in the previous Parliament. I'm now considered a registered lobbyist and do so register.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I wasn't aware of this. I find it interesting, and I immediately leapt, if you will, to what it would mean to our organization. To start, I would say that the previous Parliament amended the Lobbyists Registration Act and changed the definition. We still don't have a lot of expe

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I agree with it, yes.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We could rewrite Enron's history, but I do not think that is the purpose of your question. In the Enron affair, there are several accomplices. Last week, two of the corporation's most important executives were found guilty. The example comes from the top. The printed copy of my

Finance committee  No, we don't. I have to say that as a national association we have 65,000 members, many on both sides of the income tax equation, many of them auditors at CRA. We have thousands and thousands of members, as we have thousands and thousands of practitioners, so for a national asso

Finance committee  Actually, we used that data when we questioned. We held a number of focus groups with our members, our tax practitioners, and again, I have to talk about that questioning of the membership. It does coincide. There are a lot of complaints; because it is the taxman, there are a lot

Finance committee  Well, how do I answer? I hope we've run out of time. That is a big question.

Finance committee  Before asking your question, you spoke about the conflict of interest facing members of our association in that they provide professional service to their clients, and benefit from a very complex tax system. Mr. Colby referred to this as well. However, as a professional associati

Status of Women committee  It is just five minutes.

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. We would like to thank committee members for accommodating us in the last few hours of this study. We really appreciate the gesture. We understand you're moving on later today to the task of drafting your report. We're really pleased to participate in t