Mr. Speaker, we really need to know whether the minister or the auditor general is running the department. That is the type of answer we want.
When we take a look at the facts we find that every bureaucrat involved in decision making said that in a way it was a tax loophole. That is well documented in every meeting they had, but when it got to the final meeting with senior bureaucrats and perhaps even politicians-we do not know-there were no minutes, no record, and the decision was reversed.
Will the minister explain to the taxpayers of Canada why they have to pay their income taxes while the rich and powerful can get a backroom, under the table deal to save hundreds of millions of dollars?