Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will have some important questions for the witness. I hope that he will be able to connect and that this is not just a ploy.
I would like to make the following statement.
As we all know, the issue of using tax havens to hide money or evade taxes is of great concern. The people and firms that use them act with little regard for their duties and obligations to society. Their attitude also seems to show little regard for the Canada Revenue Agency, the government and Parliament. It is high time that this changed.
The committee spent several hours on this issue, and in particular on the KPMG strategies and the theft of the savings of thousands of small savers in the Weinberg, Norshield and Mount Real scandal.