Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and allow me to thank our witnesses. My first question is for Mrs. Champoux-Paillé.
I read your recommendations last night and was particularly interested in the third one. I also heard our other two witnesses today say that they fully agree with your proposals to impose stiffer penalties and go after people who engage in tax evasion. Your recommendation also includes advisors. Yet we heard from a number of advisors here in the committee who told us the exact opposite—that we should really consider imposing fewer penalties, which would encourage people who evade taxes to voluntarily submit their financial statements, and so on. I was very surprised by that.
Mrs. Champoux-Paillé, what do you think of those advisors who told us here that cutting back on the penalties would mean that fewer people actually commit these kinds of crimes?