Thank you.
Thank you to all the witnesses. There were great opening statements.
I would like to start with Senator Downe and start by thanking you, Senator, for your leadership on trying to shed some light on the obvious ongoing problems we have here in Canada with tax evasion and the lack of data, good data, that could help inform policy-makers about that.
You had a private member's bill or a Senate bill that I was very proud and pleased to sponsor in the House of Commons. It was defeated. It would have compelled better disclosure and better measurement of this problem.
Could you comment on the lack of good public information about the scope and scale of tax evasion and how that limits policy-makers?