There is an intent, both stated and implied, that CRA sees itself as becoming the sole tax-collecting authority for all forms of tax, over whatever period—five years or ten. I would suggest that this government limit the ability to do that, which I believe is allowed under the act.
When we have inconsistent decision-making now and not a complete level playing field with respect to the taxpayer and everything else, the thought of having an auditor come in to try to assess me on my property tax, my sales tax, my GST, my income tax, and whatever other tax there may be down the road.... That person cannot have expertise in all of those areas. I think it will actually be like the NHL expanding: you're going to water down the talent. You're therefore going to lose the effectiveness of some really good auditors who are GST experts, because they're going to waste time dealing with such things as sales tax or income tax, in areas where they don't have expertise.