Thank you.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
Ms. Ricard, the figures you have shown us are, in my view, astounding. On page 6, as a matter of fact—I will come back to that—you say: "In 2009 alone, the CRA uncovered $1 billion in unpaid taxes involving international activities". It is extraordinary to learn such a thing.
If you put yourself in the position of taxpayers who are currently listening to us, I think that this reflects badly on us as a government. Of course we have caught those people, but the fact that we discovered a billion dollars means that much more money is hidden. I am wondering what the problem is.
Have you called on the government to fix the problem? In my view, it doesn't make sense that, after having reviewed the files, we suddenly discover a billion dollars in unpaid taxes at some point during the year. When you think of all the headaches regular taxpayers have to put up with when they deal with the Revenue Agency, I think it makes much more sense to find greater amounts elsewhere. Are you making a recommendation to us?
The first two pages of your statement say that everything is great, everything is fine, everything is truly wonderful, but if you look at the numbers you are presenting, the situation, in my view, becomes dramatic. I would like to know what kinds of recommendations you will make to the government to improve the situation.