Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Most of my questions will be for Mr. McAuley.
My colleague, Ms. Nash, asked a question about quantifying and assessing the impact of tax evasion and abusive or aggressive planning. You said that you did not know of any such assessments being carried out, in Canada or anywhere else. Is that right?
I have the report of Great Britain's auditor general published in November 2012. In that report, the following is stated:
Part of H[er] M[ajesty's] Revenue & Customs' (HMRC's) vision is to close the tax gap, the difference between the tax that is collected and the tax that should be collected. HMRC estimated the tax gap in 2010-11 to be £32 billion, of which £5 billion was due to avoidance.
If Great Britain can assess and quantify, why can't Canada?