Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to respond to this question because I have not had the opportunity to thank the members of the finance committee for their fine work on this very difficult file.
In addition to providing the Minister of Finance with recommendations on the issue of taxable Canadian property, they have provided to me as minister of revenue some very direct and specific recommendations when it comes to the administration of my department.
I believe the department should act in a way that is transparent, that our decisions should be consistent and that our documentation must be clear and available to Canadians. Those are things that we have already taken to task and they will ameliorate the deficiencies that were part of the administration under our former government.