Mr. Speaker, the numbers confirm that the small fish are getting caught while the big ones are getting away.
It is tax season right now, and while most Canadians will pay their taxes, others are going to try to come up with ways to engage in tax evasion or aggressive tax avoidance.
Does the government believe that the Canada Revenue Agency has the means to deal with the situation? Contrary to what the Prime Minister claims, the government has not invested a trillion dollars in the program to combat tax evasion and tax avoidance. It has invested $15 million. Those numbers come from the CRA.
The government leaves the KPMGs of the world alone, but goes after servers' tip money, and that is unacceptable.
Will the government commit to spending the money it promised?