Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This bill contains confidentiality provisions that are consistent with those contained in other tax statutes. The reason they are there is because taxpayers and individuals are required by law to provide the government with information in order for us to be able to establish their liability for tax. It's very important that this information, which can be personally or commercially sensitive, be protected.
So the bill sets out a number of circumstances in which taxpayer information of the type at issue here could be provided to particular individuals for purposes of administering the act, but that is something different from establishing a public registry, which would make it widely available.