Thank you, Madam Chair.
Good afternoon, everyone.
My first question is for Mr. Sabia, whom I thank for being with us today.
Mr. Sabia, during your brief opening remarks, you argued that we couldn't necessarily estimate or draw conclusions about the government's tax losses for 2017 because there wasn't much data available on the subject. Basically, these comments don't tell us anything and don't provide the committee with the clarification it would have liked.
However, the Office of the Auditor General was able to conduct a relevant and rigorous study over this period. Of course, this is still an estimate, but when I asked Ms. Hogan about it on November 17, she specifically mentioned that her office had made estimates based on public data.
So I'm trying to understand. Are you telling us that the Office of the Auditor General would have pulled the data out of a hat? Did the Auditor General fabricate these numbers?