Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his very fine speech. But I cannot totally agree with what he said in his remarks.
Once more, I will ask the question I have already asked several of his colleagues today. But this time, I would appreciate a semblance of an answer.
We have signed a double taxation agreement with Panama. That can give us access to all legal and fiscal tools. I do not know why there has been no agreement to exchange tax information between Canada and Panama. That would have given us access to all types of income, whether earned by legal or illegal means.
Why was that not put in place? Canada has signed tax information exchange agreements with several countries and Panama also has signed them with several countries. In the light of what went on in Panama a few years ago, and of what is still going on, why do we not have this tax security measure in this bill?