Mr. Speaker, the Minister of National Revenue is certainly not frustrating the investigation. That is totally false.
The Income Tax Act is designed to protect the rights of Canadians to privacy. As a country, we have decided, under our legislation, that the personal financial data collected for the purposes of the Income Tax Act should not be accessible to police forces for investigation purposes.
This is what we decided as a parliament, as an institution. I respect the decision made by this parliament. Some day that decision will certainly be changed, but in the meantime, it is the law of the land.