Discussion · Private Members' Business
Adam Chambers Conservative
“The tax agency used to tell us the single biggest debt it forgave each year. Then it stopped, even though the privacy laws did not change. That is why we need this bill to make the government share that information again.”
“Mr. Speaker, indeed, the wonderful member for Calgary Crowfoot did identify that. At one point, the Canada Revenue Agency used to disclose what the single largest writeoff was in a particular fiscal year. That practice, all of a sudden, changed. However, from my understanding, the Income Tax Act privacy rules did not change and the Privacy Act rules did not change, so it did not make much sense that the government and the Canada Revenue Agency would provide less information to the public and to this chamber than they did previously. That really was a significant driving factor in why this bill is here before the House tonight.”
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Mr. Speaker, indeed, the wonderful member for Calgary Crowfoot did identify that. At one point, the Canada Revenue Agency used to disclose what the single largest writeoff was in a particular fiscal year. That practice, all of a sudden, changed. However, from my understanding, the Income Tax Act privacy rules did not change and the Privacy Act rules did not change, so it did not make much sense that the government and the Canada Revenue Agency would provide less information to the public and to this chamber than they did previously. That really was a significant driving factor in why this bill is here before the House tonight.