Rahim Jaffer on Goods and Services Tax

In the House of Commons on February 11th, 2003. See this statement in context.

Goods and Services TaxOral Question Period

February 11th, 2003 / 2:20 p.m.

Canadian Alliance

Rahim Jaffer Canadian Alliance Edmonton Strathcona, AB

Mr. Speaker, these figures are coming out from the minister's own department, so the minister clearly does not know.

The minister has said that $25.4 million accounts only for GST fraud cases that have been identified by the courts. Surely the minister's own department has the capability to identify fraud losses on its own.

Other than those cases that actually have made it to court, does the minister have any idea how much has been lost to GST fraud since 1994, yes or no?

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