Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thanks to our witnesses. This is an interesting and important topic.
I wonder if I could pick up where Mr. Barsalou-Duval left off on this Driver Inc. scheme. It's something I'm not very familiar with, but it seems like a serious issue.
I wonder if either Mr. Laskowski or Mr. Burgan have thoughts about the specific remedy that's needed. Is it a legislative remedy? Do we need to make changes to the Income Tax Act? How does the government prevent this kind of scheme from happening? Is it simply a matter of increasing enforcement and CRA resources to go out there and ensure compliance?
I know in other sectors there are pretty clear definitions of what constitutes an employee versus a contractor in terms of providing the facilities of work. If you're a contractor, you have to provide your own office and your own equipment, and that kind of thing.
Is this a matter of those rules not being consistently applied across sectors? Is it a matter of not having enough proactive enforcement? Are there changes that we can advocate for through our report that would help address this situation in a legislative way?
Maybe we could start with Mr. Laskowski, and then Mr. Burgan could add his thoughts.