Canada Revenue Agency  Mr. Speaker, when the Liberal government lets KPMG hide a rich client's money on the Isle of Man, does it consider the message it sends to honest taxpayers? It is precisely because of these practices in tax havens that we cannot properly care for our seniors or support our students.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, indeed, the mess of the KPMG scheme, with some degree of complicity from the Canada Revenue Agency, is very worrying. The government is failing to take action. In the United States, when someone is found guilty of tax evasion, the fine is from 20% to 27% interest on the amount owed to the government.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government crows over its investment of $444 million in the Canada Revenue Agency. No one has been arrested and no charges have been laid, however, so they cannot be said to have a good batting average, as we say in baseball. In his mandate letter to the Minister of National Revenue, the Prime Minister wrote: We have also committed to set a higher bar for openness and transparency in government....

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to report that Statistics Canada itself came up with the $7-billion figure when estimating lost revenue due to tax evasion and the use of tax havens. It would be no problem for me to find out the year the report was published. The problem with the figure provided by Statistics Canada is that employees are able to estimate the amount only when the companies or individuals tell them that they have sent money to tax havens and that money came back here after the transfer.

Business of Supply  moved: That, given the government loses tens of billions of dollars annually to tax loopholes, deductions, and exemptions that mostly benefit the wealthy and estimates suggest that tax evasion through the use of offshore tax havens costs the government more than $7 billion dollars annually, the House call on the government to: (a) address tax measures that primarily benefit the wealthy, including keeping its promise to cap the stock option deduction loophole; and (b) take aggressive action to tackle tax havens including (i) tightening rules for shell companies, (ii) renegotiating tax treaties that let companies repatriate profits from tax havens to Canada tax-free, (iii) ending penalty-free amnesty deals for individuals suspected of tax evasion.

Preclearance Act, 2016  Mr. Speaker, I have a question for my colleague because many of the things that are new in this bill really are troubling. For example, in the past, people in the pre-clearance area on Canadian soil had the right to say that they did not like the interrogation, that they were uncomfortable, and that they were going to go home and not travel to the U.S.

Canada Revenue Agency  Mr. Speaker, $444 million has been invested, yet no charges have been laid. White collar criminals must be shaking in their boots. People who go to work every day pay their taxes. They do not have a choice. However, if they are late to file their tax return, the CRA cracks down on them right away and charges them interest.

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, while SMEs like the businesses in the Saint-Hubert Plaza are wondering what happened to the Liberals who promised them a lower tax rate, the wealthiest members of our society are still taking advantage of tax loopholes. The Liberals' flip-flop on their plan to increase taxes on stock options is yet more proof of the influence that rich lobbyists have on government policies, as if we did not have enough proof already.

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, as researcher Alain Deneault reminded us, when people have to wait 15 or 20 hours for emergency care, it is because of tax havens. When the subway keeps breaking down and there are not enough buses, it is because of tax havens. When there is not enough money to take care of our seniors, it is because of tax havens.

Preclearance Act, 2016  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her eloquent and hard-hitting but sensitive speech. French historian Henri Guillemin said that the most adroit politicians are experts at exploiting circumstances. Unfortunately, this Liberal government is wilfully ignoring changing circumstances in the form of a Trump administration that engages in racial profiling and discrimination at the border and violates Canadians' rights.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. When it comes to climate change, the clock is ticking. Let us cross our fingers that it is not too late to prevent the earth's temperature from rising more than 2°C, since that would have irreparable consequences. I know that the effectiveness of putting a price on carbon is up for debate.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. What always really surprises me is how well the Liberals illustrate the expression “all talk, no action”. I will explain. They promised change and spoke a great deal about fighting global warming. They say they will do things differently.

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, rumour has it that the mysterious infrastructure investment bank would be set up as a crown corporation. On the surface, that seems fine, but if we dig deeper, we see that there will be major consequences. What it means is that this bank, which will handle billions of dollars in private and public investment, will not report to the parliamentary budget officer.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank the leader of the Green Party for her comments. I was already quite concerned, but now I am starting to panic. That is why the federal government needs to take this issue seriously. Let us not forget that the Liberal government under Jean Chrétien signed the Kyoto protocol.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. We have a government that is all about image, appearances, and self-promotion. The Liberals like to indulge in such things. However, when the time comes to keep their promises, they are nowhere to be found. I could talk about democratic reform, but I will refrain from talking about my favourite subject.