Thank you.
In response to my last question concerning the intervention of representatives from the Canada Revenue Agency and those from the provincial level, you said that there was a lot of cooperation but that we would do well to examine the judgment in the high-profile case in British Columbia because it sets certain limits on the kind of cooperation that there can be.
Most people here have, in a social context or in the neighbourhood, met people who seem to lead a lifestyle that far exceeds their potential incomes. I understand that the agency has the power to examine certain cases, to receive information to the effect that it would do well to take a somewhat closer look at the income tax returns of such and such a person and that, if the information appears to come from a credible source, etc., officials have the power to look a little further.
I'm going to read the judgment, but I wonder why, if the revenue departments receive information concerning individuals who belong to organized crime groups or who belong to a ring, they don't have the power to study that more closely.