Finance committee  Not yet. The reassessments have been pushed back to the campgrounds and then back to CRA, but we have not gone—and we certainly don't want to have to go—to the courts.

Finance committee  Yes, up until this year, absolutely, every year, and nothing has changed. That's why everybody was surprised when this suddenly happened.

Finance committee  About 5.8 million Canadians.

Finance committee  Yes. We did an economic survey in 2014 of the whole RV and camping industry, and it was discovered that 5.8 million Canadians love to camp, and they go to private and government-owned campgrounds. There are about 2,300 private ones, which we represent, and 4,100 in total.

Finance committee  They said that we weren't eligible as a specified business. They said that if the employee level was fewer than five, we weren't eligible for the small business tax deduction. They don't consider us an active business.

Finance committee  No, they're considered in the same vein as an apartment building or a modular home complex.

Finance committee  We haven't heard anything directly about that. We can surmise that's the motivation. Since our meeting, we haven't heard anything from CRA or anybody else in the Ministry of Revenue office. They're basically pointing the finger at the Ministry of Finance and saying that it's up t

Finance committee  Yes, and thank you for that. It is a good point that these campgrounds cannot afford the triple increase in tax. Undoubtedly, We will see campground closings in the worst-case scenario. The next-to-worst is that they just stop improving their services and eventually have to go ou

Finance committee  We've tried to uncover the motivation of CRA. We had a meeting with a liaison in their office. We weren't given any reason why suddenly they started to crack down on campgrounds, even though nothing changed in terms of the campgrounds' classification or their business model.. Not

Finance committee  I'd like to start by thanking the chairman and the members of the committee for the invitation to speak to you today. My name is Shane Devenish, and I'm the executive director of the Canadian Camping and RV Council, a federal non-profit association representing 2,347 private ca