Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, all, for being here this afternoon.
We never really have enough time to explore in full detail all the topics that we would like here, but I would like to begin. I know everybody around the table would certainly agree with the fact that our government has a strong record of combatting international tax evasion, and getting tough on tax cheats. In fact, from 2006 to March 31 of this year, the CRA has audited over 8,600 international tax cases, identifying over $5.6 billion in additional taxes that are now being collected. Moreover, the economic action plan of 2013 introduced a number of new measures dedicated to offshore compliance activities, and an investment of $30 million over five years in support of their implementation. Economic action plan 2014 has introduced even more. In fact, since 2006, our government has introduced over 85 measures to improve the integrity of our tax system. It's to the NDP and Liberal discredit that they voted against every single one of these measures.
My question for Ms. Alepin, would you not agree that that is a step in the right direction?