Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses.
It's a very interesting discussion. I'm from the Northwest Territories, which is a long ways from Quebec, but I think we can all appreciate that having two separate tax systems to collect income tax is more costly. It's the same group of taxpayers. There are issues of administration and compliance. It would be cheaper to do it under one system.
I think we're talking about two different things. At least, that's the understanding that I'm getting. I don't understand why it isn't all part and parcel of the same discussion. We're talking about the collection of taxes, but I don't hear any desire to move towards a harmonization of taxes. I don't think the Quebec government's proposal, the proposal that we're talking about, includes any harmonization with the federal law. To me, that means that there are still going to be two sets of calculations happening even though they may be sent to the same address. I would say that that's still a duplication in the same form.
My question, first of all, is for whoever wants to answer it: Why isn't harmonization on the table as we discuss solutions to this issue?