Thank you very much, Mr. Sorbara, for your comment and your question. It's always a pleasure to speak with you, here in committee and in the House. You have a brilliant mind, and I love to listen and interact with you.
According to experts in the field of combatting tax evasion and abusive tax avoidance, and according to international comparisons made in the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project of the OECD, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canada remains at the tail end of the pack. This is the opinion of all international experts. The number of convictions in Canada is far lower than elsewhere.
So there is still a lot of work to be done, and Quebec would like to do a lot more. This bill would give it the means to do so and could perhaps inspire Ottawa in the future.