Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We're talking a great deal about a single tax return as if it were just one form. However, we should be talking about a single tax return process. Of course, tax collection is more than just processing forms with the correct information.
It also involves considering all requests for additional information, investigative processes, and questions for the various revenue agencies. Right now, the whole process is duplicated. A single tax return means a single process.
We're proposing a single tax return in Quebec to ensure that there's also a single process with only one point of contact, the party closest to the field. In this case, it's obviously the Quebec revenue agency. This also follows the principle of subsidiarity, meaning that the process can be carried out at a level as close to the people as possible.
People benefit significantly from having a single tax file and a single place to ask questions. A single tax return in Quebec would improve the quality of the public service. The opposite would be true if these activities were transferred to the federal government.