I will.
Thank you very much for your question.
I think this committee has heard me, a few times, talk about taxification. And welcome, Mr. Saxton, to this committee. I have a new audience for this topic that is near and dear to the hearts of accountants.
Despite it being counterintuitive, accountants do want a simpler tax system. Essentially what is suggested is that we re-examine the tax system to make it more fair and efficient, to ensure the taxpayer pays the right share and that the right taxpayer pays the right share. There are a couple of building blocks toward that, and the first building block is the red tape reduction system and some of the administrative aspects that are already under way through the Canada Revenue Agency. These are very welcome by our members.
The second aspect is to look at it from a legislative perspective. Again, the passage of the Technical Tax Amendments Act last year was a very welcome addition to addressing the growing backlog. It's a complex tax system that doesn't bring forward amendments on a timely basis. We have to look at how we can correct that process. What are the mechanisms we should have in place to have a regular technical tax bill come forward?
The last aspect is who undertakes this review and how you go about it. This is why we challenged that perhaps it is the committee's task to start looking at how to undergo tax reform.