You have an army of 58,000 tax collectors. The Canadian army has only 33,899 full-time active personnel. Your army of tax collectors is enormous, Minister, and we are seeing an alarming trend of writedowns and failures to collect taxes. This is troubling for Canadians who pay their taxes, and your average filer doesn't have the ability to fight or be able to resist your tax collectors. It's the larger players who seem to be having their taxes forgiven.
On December 12th, 2024. See this statement in context.