Thank you, Mr. Chair, for that question.
Yes, as the commissioner of the agency, I get involved in this issue quite a bit, about what you can or can't say about specific individuals. I think it is important that we protect taxpayers' information that is provided to us, just as I can not talk about the tax situation of my colleagues or other people around the table. We need to keep that to ourselves and protect the confidentiality of it. That's an important aspect for us. It's set out in legislation. It's not something the CRA does on its own; it's section 241 of the Income Tax Act.
I would say, though, just as I mentioned in my opening remarks, that there are some specific places where we are encouraged to be transparent with charities because of the special nature of that incentive. There is transparency to some degree in that we can, as set out in legislation, effectively exempt a charity from section 241, but it's really one of the cornerstones of the Income Tax Act that we have to protect that information on specific cases.