Thank you, Chair, and thank you, witnesses.
Mr. Dorais, the Library of Parliament estimates that something in the order of 15% of the economic activity in this country is actually underground, and therefore there are no tax revenues generated--according to their statistics, at least. I think the Auditor General estimated it's something in the order of a $12 billion loss in tax revenue. Those seem to be actually older statistics.
I wonder whether you have within your ability to tell us what you estimate the underground economy to be, what you estimate the tax loss from the underground economy to be. Has the shift from being a department to an agency made any difference in that particular issue?
Finally, with respect to the GST, the argument is that there is a correlation, that a consumption tax actually drives up an underground economy. It's anticipated, of course, that on July 1 the GST will come down; the consumption tax will come down. Have you any studies to possibly support the notion that the underground economy will become above ground by virtue of the reduction in the GST in particular?