Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of National Revenue and concerns information released on September 22, 1998, on Radio-Canada's RDI news network.
It appears that a former journalist from The Gazette has been under surveillance and that information from his personal income tax returns has been obtained from Revenue Quebec.
Could the Minister of National Revenue assure this House that his department protects confidential information through specific mechanisms to prevent the leaking of information contained in individual tax returns?