Thank you.
I would like to continue on this issue. In my opinion, the BEPS project does not seem to be working very well, since the numbers continue to increase.
You just mentioned that all companies should pay their fair share and that they should be on a level playing field. Recently, your colleague, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, signed a $500-million agreement with Netflix. Netflix continues to be exempt from collecting—I did say “collecting”—the goods and services tax, the GST. It is exempt. I'm not the one saying it. In fact, the Minister of Finance of Quebec has said it again today. This company is exempted by the federal government from collecting the goods and services tax.
Quebec has committed to rectifying the situation and to asking the company to collect taxes, as all the other companies are doing.
Will you commit today to doing the same thing?
The Minister of Canadian Heritage has sometimes even thrown the ball into your court, saying that tax matters are the responsibility of the Minister of Finance.
My question is really for you, Mr. Minister. Do you commit to asking Netflix to collect the goods and services tax, as all other Canadian companies are doing?