Rahim Jaffer on Goods and Services Tax

In the House of Commons on January 30th, 2003. See this statement in context.

Goods and Services TaxOral Question Period

January 30th, 2003 / 2:50 p.m.

Canadian Alliance

Rahim Jaffer Canadian Alliance Edmonton Strathcona, AB

Mr. Speaker, the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency claims that there are 1,000 investigators assigned to GST fraud.

However it is clear that the investigations unit was disbanded and no one is specifically assigned to fraudulent GST claims. Instead of clamping down on criminal activity, it appears that the underground economy is now in charge of Revenue Canada.

Will the minister come clean and tell Canadians who disbanded the investigations unit and how many people are now working on this file full time?

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