Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Iacovelli, I would remind you that the act that gives the committee its powers overrides the professional secrecy of accountants. You can consult section 48 of the Code of Ethics of Chartered Professional Accountants of Quebec if you want to verify this.
I will now refer to the CBC website article published on April 27 by two journalists, Mr. Cashore and Mr. Zalac, who reported having found, through the Paradise Papers leak, internal emails written by Sandra Georgeson, an administrator for several shell companies incorporated in the Isle of Man for KPMG's Canadian clients.
Here's what it says:
In an email dated Dec. 16, 2015, with the subject line “Canadian Tax Investigations,” a manager asked Georgeson "who was [the] promoter of the scheme/product"? She answered that it was “KPMG in Canada”...
Do you acknowledge that as true?