Not at all.
Think about the blue-collar worker employed by the City of Saint-Jean who looks at his pay cheque on Friday and sees that a third of his pay goes to income tax and various other taxes, and who knows that at the end of the year Revenue Canada will show its claws if he contravenes the law. Can he phone Revenue Canada and ask for a ruling? Can he ask whether it is legal to do such a thing? We just got an answer this afternoon: no.
But if your name is Bronfman, if your name is Conrad Black-