Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being here with us, Madam Minister.
I would like to come back to the letter and to the statement that you made in the House three times.
On March 10, you said that there is no amnesty. We have the letter signed by Stephanie Henderson from the Canada Revenue Agency, which not only proposes to “reach a final and complete settlement with regard to the consequences...under the Income Tax Act”, but also indicates that, “The Minister shall waive interest and penalties as indicated in Appendix A...”. Appendix A shows all of the taxation years for which there will be no penalty regarding the returns, contrary to the CRA's usual practices.
How can you say that there will be no amnesty when penalties are being waived for the people who choose to voluntarily admit that they used this mechanism but not for all taxpayers?