Rahim Jaffer on Goods and Services Tax

In the House of Commons on December 11th, 2002. See this statement in context.

Goods and Services TaxOral Question Period

December 11th, 2002 / 2:50 p.m.

Canadian Alliance

Rahim Jaffer Canadian Alliance Edmonton Strathcona, AB

Mr. Speaker, the Minister of National Revenue knows that she is covering up the total amount of GST fraud. The minister hides behind a barrage of stats.

The fact is GST fraud has been buried in the public accounts using Enron style accounting practices. Here is another fact. The total written off from public accounts over the last seven years was $6 billion.

How much of this $6 billion write-off was GST fraud?

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