QUESTION PERIOD — National Revenue

Government leader, you understand that I worked for years on overseas tax evasion and money laundering, and I have constantly been disappointed with the Canada Revenue Agency’s lack of action and, indeed, incompetence on this file. The good news is the Prime Minister went outside the government and has appointed a highly qualified leader of the CRA, Heather Evans.

I’m wondering if you can make inquiries as to what new initiatives they’re taking to address these problems. I’m also wondering if they’re incorporating new technology, artificial intelligence and others, and if you could find out and report back.

I look forward to that. As you know, advances in artificial intelligence are very helpful, particularly with money laundering, but also tracking overseas tax evasion. We all understand that, with the priorities of Prime Minister Carney, every dollar is needed, and every dollar that’s lost to overseas tax evasion and/or crime with money laundering is a cost to Canadian society. I’m interested in what the CRA is doing, and I salute the new leadership there. I’m very optimistic about what they can do over the next months and years.