Madam Speaker, there is an expression, “Go hunting where the ducks are”.
Aside from the exposé today about the multi-million dollar tax frauds that we have heard regarding the GST, car flipping and input tax credits, Canada Customs and Revenue Agency has admitted in its annual performance report of last week that it has been unable to collect over $16 billion in outstanding taxes last year. Yet here we are today trying to defend the slim and vastly inadequate tax credit of our most vulnerable citizens.
I find it stunning. I know all members on all sides of the House feel the same way. We must keep in perspective the people who are being affected here, the hundreds of thousands of persons who are vulnerable and who are incurring additional costs because of their disabilities. Yet they are not able to get what is truly a small but important tax credit to offset their additional disability costs.