Madam Speaker, I certainly appreciate the member opposite and his speech today. He is not just a member of Parliament, he is also the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of National Revenue. I worked with him previously on the finance committee, and I miss his interventions on that committee. Again, this is directed to him in that capacity as the parliamentary secretary.
Many constituents in my riding have had the issue where their identity has been stolen, benefits were claimed and, when they inquired with CRA, the blame was put on them. They were told that their password was not good enough, and that it was their fault for not having secured their CRA account. The whole purpose of CRA is to have a secure way for people to pay the government what is owed for their taxes, and the idea is that CRA will protect their information.
The minister has been nowhere on this, so I would like to ask the member, in his role as parliamentary secretary, these questions: Why is the government content to allow CRA to put in place a process that is not secure and that does not protect people? Why is the government allowing the CRA to blame individual taxpayers, rather than helping them with this issue?