It's a welcome gift. I appreciate it.
I thank all the witnesses for being here today.
It's very interesting to listen to this discussion and to talk about this subject.
There are so many confusing things. I imagine that the Canada Revenue Agency staff must be tearing their hair out trying to sort it all out. Let's try to clarify a few things.
Having said that, I will begin with a highly critical comment that all members of the committee received from Ms. Penny Leckie, who is an accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta.
In her submission, she doubts that CRA officials have any idea how many returns will be filed as a result of this legislation, most of which will not give rise to any tax liability. She describes as wasteful the cost of processing this volume of returns with no associated revenue.
I'd be interested to hear your comments on Ms. Leckie's statement.