“Mr. Speaker, I want to commend my colleague’s contribution to this debate. The Bloc Québécois welcomes the idea of making our democratic system more transparent and ensuring that taxpayers have a way of finding out when the government decides to write off debts. I commend his initiative and his ability to gather support across party lines, which is not nothing. Can he tell us more about the impact he thinks this registry would have? For example, there was the case of Chrysler, where the government forgave a $2‑billion debt all at once. If there had been a registry, what would he have thought about that? In the future, if other debts are written off, that information would become public. How does he think that would alter public discourse?”
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The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity is 88. The grade is held to 84, 30 above Signal.
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Mr. Speaker, Thanks · 23 wordsI believe that the member, as a first-term MP, is doing a wonderful job in his role and in bringing his expertise here.ThanksClaims · 18 wordsYes, if there are large writeoffs in the future that exceed the threshold, that information will become public, Reasoning · 61 wordswhich then means parliamentarians and the public get more information about how their tax dollars are being used or not collected.It means we can then refocus the resources at the agency to ensure that we recover the money from corporations that is owed, or pass laws to make it more difficult for corporations to skip out on their tax bill.Thanks · 29 wordsI would also like to mention at this time that the member for Abitibi—Témiscamingue was a wonderful addition to our work on committee and helped this bill get here.Thanks
