Mr. Speaker, the government's high tax policies are forcing normally law-abiding Canadians to look for a way out. Today the auditor general revealed that the underground economy accounts for $12 billion in lost revenues per year.
A growing number of Canadians are doing everything they can to avoid the taxman. The government's answer is more taxes and more tax collectors.
My question is for the Minister of National Revenue. Why can the government not see the real source of the problem? Why can it not see that high taxes are driving Canadians south of the border and into the black market?