Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech.
He spoke at length about what Canada is doing abroad to combat tax evasion. We support this bill. It is important to note that this is an administrative bill, the kind that comes up intermittently to update various conventions signed with various countries.
The morning papers reported that Canada is not working with other countries to fight tax evasion. Many initiatives are in the works to do just that.
The member talked about the economic power of countries working together, free trade, information exchange and so on.
If those things truly matter to the government, can the member explain why it will not be participating in the efforts of the rest of the international community and why it will not be going beyond the administrative measures we support in this bill?