Mr. Gérard Lalonde (Director, Tax legislation Division, Department of Finance) at the Finance Committee

On April 16th, 2008. See this statement in context.

April 16th, 2008 / 4:45 p.m.

Gérard Lalonde Director, Tax legislation Division, Department of Finance

That's absolutely correct. One of the reasons the TFSA is in this bill is in order to ensure that we get early passage of the bill, so we can get the infrastructure put in place so the banks can start offering the TFSAs, if not immediately in the new year, as soon as possible in the new year.

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