Madam Chair, before starting with their testimony, with my respect to them, I would like to table a motion.
My motion concerns an issue involving the Canada Revenue Agency that is deeply offensive. People are angry and outraged by what the Canada Revenue Agency is currently doing to the City of Laval. Therefore, I move:That, in light of recent reporting that the Canada Revenue Agency is requiring the City of Laval to issue a payment of approximately $1 million to former mayor Gilles Vaillancourt in order for him to remit taxes on funds previously stolen from the municipality and later returned, the committee invite the Minister of National Revenue and officials from the Canada Revenue Agency and the mayor of Laval to appear before the committee for no fewer than two hours at the earliest opportunity to explain the Agency's decision making process in this matter and to clarify the Liberal government's position on requiring a municipality to transfer taxpayer dollars to a convicted former official for the purpose of settling a tax liability related to proceeds of crime.
Madam Chair, like I said, there are many questions surrounding this situation, which was revealed this morning by Thomas Gerbet of Radio-Canada. We have to get to the bottom of it. The best way to shed light on the situation is to allow the minister to appear at the committee, and for the mayor of Laval to explain his position.