Thank you, Madam Chair.
We heard from farmers, and they said they had concerns about the vacant housing tax.
The requirement to house seasonal foreign workers means that those accommodations will be vacant in the off-season, which makes sense. Farmers told us that, even when they are exempt from the tax, they still have to file a return, costing them between $500 and $1,000. They have to do all that when they are already dealing with difficult circumstances.
If they were formally exempted from filing a UHT return, would it have any impact on the revenue coming from the tax? I'm sure there would be some impact, but do you have a sense of how to measure it?