Time for Trudeau to order Canada Revenue Agency to get with the program

Now is the time for the prime minister to order the Canada Revenue Agency to get with the program and provide the Parliamentary Budget Office with the required information, so Canadians will know the actual amount of taxes owed, but not collected, and what resources the CRA needs to collect those taxes.

Now is the time for the prime minister to order the Canada Revenue Agency to get with the program, writes Liberal Sen. Percy Downe. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SENATOR PERCY DOWNE

March 6, 2017

The Conference Board of Canada’s new report titled, "Canadian Tax Avoidance: Examining the Potential Tax Gap," has concluded that up to $47-billion worth of taxes is not being collected by the Government of Canada. Think of what could be accomplished if that money was actually collected by the fe...

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