Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Just to clarify for members of the committee, the Canada Revenue Agency right now is permitted under the law to submit a voluntary information report to FINTRAC where it is already investigating a case of potential tax evasion. FINTRAC then would do its own research within its database as to whether it had any information that was relevant, and if it did and if FINTRAC had reason to believe there was a case of money laundering or terrorist financing, they would then be allowed to disclose the information to the Canada Revenue Agency. But that test of money laundering and terrorist financing is a crucial one from a privacy and charter perspective, and I note that it is absent here.
Also, I would add that under the current legislation the Canada Revenue Agency can obtain a court order in order to get additional information for FINTRAC that might be relevant for an investigation.