Mr. Speaker, I remember very well that, in the report he submitted 12 months ago, the auditor general, Mr. Desautels, talked about $6.6 billion in unpaid taxes. Most of this $6.6 billion in unpaid federal taxes was owed by very wealthy people and large corporations.
There is no need to spend $700,000 or $800,000 on friends of the government to find ways to collect the money owed us. One of my neighbours owed money to the government, so they seized his assets. He was an ordinary man of modest means. They seized his assets, sold his pick-up truck and gave him about $100 that was left over after they collected their taxes. No review committee is needed to go after this $6.6 billion. Only $200 million was recovered after a year. This is no cause for celebration.