Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of National Revenue. In his November 1994 report, the Auditor General of Canada deplored Revenue Canada's inefficiency in collecting unpaid taxes. As of May 31, 1995, more than a year and a half after this report was released, there were still $6.4 billion in unpaid taxes, a reduction of less than 5 per cent compared to the year before.
How can the minister justify the fact that 400,000 high income taxpayers still owe the government more than $6 billion in unpaid taxes?