Mr. Speaker, a week ago Friday the minister of agriculture used his cabinet authority and moved immediately to shut down farmers who wanted a fair price for their grain. Yet, when this government was aware that a loophole a mile wide was opened in the Income Tax Act for influential businessmen and family trusts, it intended to hold the barn door open until the last horse had gone through.
The Minister of National Revenue just announced in question period that she has suspended future rulings on the issue, that the deputy minister of finance said it was so simple he did not want to keep notes on it.
Will the minister of revenue appoint a public inquiry today to investigate the circumstances surrounding those two very questionable rulings?