Recently, I had a discussion with the CRA auditor, because I had losses in 2008 which I carried over to the year 2005. At some point in the discussion, I told this lady that it was very difficult to fight the government bureaucracy. She told me that their goal was to find new evidence against the self-employed group to establish a standard case and pursue assessments. It was clear based on her comments.
So, what is very clear is that they will come up with a second Carreau case. Obviously, there are only approximately 50 or so assessees today. They have put a stop to assessments and they are going to court. They will stall things until such time as they go to court. When that happens, they will move to the next step: assess the others and get them to pay.