Public Accounts committee  George may want to jump in. There were some steps taken in 1991, and I think that's the reference—

Public Accounts committee  Well, it's a matter of perspective, but maybe George can speak about what happened in 1991.

Finance committee  So are we. Actually, in February and March we did run an advertising campaign that was close to $300,000, specifically advising Canadians about where to go for information on donations and how to make themselves more aware. We developed a series of calendars reaching out to senio

Finance committee  We don't provide public comment on legislative or policy changes. We leave that to the Minister of Finance.

Finance committee  We have regular contacts, obviously, with the department and with Finance officials on a whole range of issues. They sit on the GAAR committee with Wayne, so Finance would certainly be well aware of our views and opinions on cases and the difficulties we have. In fact, they're in

Finance committee  Actually, no. We administer those decisions, and probably the reason member McKay, when he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, would have tried to give that answer is that it properly comes from the Department of Finance, who are responsible for—

Finance committee  I wouldn't have a view on that. I don't know.

Finance committee  No.

Finance committee  Just to clarify, we give information on cases and files and what we're doing, and they have access to that under the Income Tax Act. But we did not get into and provide Finance with estimates of the impact.

Finance committee  I don't know that we know the answer to that, but certainly Barbados does not have any exclusive privilege when it comes to tax havens.

Finance committee  We don't undertake that kind of economic or fiscal analysis. It would be Finance—

Finance committee  We only see it from the perspective, as John described it, of the files we encounter and the work we do, and we don't try to make estimates of what the global numbers are. But the Department of Finance obviously would.

Finance committee  No, I didn't say that. What I said much earlier on is that we have an ongoing relationship with Finance. We contribute data and information that they request of us, but Finance obviously goes to many other sources, departments, economists in the public and private sectors, and wo

Finance committee  We will, but only if the member promises he's not going to actually try to use it.

Finance committee  It's certainly something we can go back and look at in terms of whether or not there are any administrative suggestions or ideas that we could perhaps provide to the committee. But as was pointed out by an earlier member, the most significant measures would be either policy or le