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{
"time": "2026-05-28 18:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Michael Chong (Wellington\u2014Halton Hills North, CPC)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Michael Chong (Wellington\u2014Halton Hills-Nord, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9365111\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak to Bill <a data-HoCid=\"13541945\" href=\"/bills/45-1/S-217/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act (reporting on unpaid income tax)\">S-217</a>, which was introduced by my friend and colleague in the other place Senator Percy Downe. I thank him for his perseverance in pushing this issue forward. I believe this is the third time the bill was introduced and adopted in the other place and the third time the bill has been sent to the House for consideration. I know Senator Downe has put a lot of work into this.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9365112\" data-originallang=\"en\">To be clear, we support this bill. It would, broadly, do three things. First, it would have the CRA publish a list of people who are criminally convicted for tax evasion, which I think is an important part of public disclosure and transparency. Second, it would require the CRA to estimate the tax gap between taxes owed and taxes collected. Third, it would require the CRA to provide data to the Parliamentary Budget Officer so that the Parliamentary Budget Officer can independently assess the tax gap between taxes owed and taxes collected. Those are, I think, three very good goals of the bill.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9365113\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would encourage my colleagues to support this legislation. It is important to maintain the integrity of our income tax system. This will give the institutions of state the tools they need to do that so that we can ensure lower taxes for everyone, because when we close the tax gap and reduce tax evasion, taxes can go down.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9365114\" data-originallang=\"en\">I look forward to the further debate and vote on this bill.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9365111\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je prends la parole au sujet du projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"13541945\" href=\"/bills/45-1/S-217/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act (reporting on unpaid income tax)\">S\u2011217</a>, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par mon ami et coll\u00e8gue de l'autre endroit, le s\u00e9nateur Percy Downe. Je le remercie pour la pers\u00e9v\u00e9rance dont il a fait preuve afin de faire avancer ce dossier. Je crois que c'est la troisi\u00e8me fois que le projet de loi est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 et adopt\u00e9 \u00e0 l'autre endroit et la troisi\u00e8me fois qu'il est renvoy\u00e9 \u00e0 la Chambre pour examen. Je sais que le s\u00e9nateur Downe y a consacr\u00e9 beaucoup d'efforts.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9365112\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je tiens \u00e0 \u00eatre clair: nous appuyons ce projet de loi. Il aurait, en gros, trois effets. Premi\u00e8rement, il obligerait l'Agence du revenu du Canada \u00e0 publier la liste des personnes condamn\u00e9es au criminel pour \u00e9vasion fiscale, ce qui, \u00e0 mon avis, constitue un \u00e9l\u00e9ment important de la divulgation publique et de la transparence. Deuxi\u00e8mement, il obligerait l'Agence du revenu du Canada \u00e0 estimer l'\u00e9cart fiscal entre les imp\u00f4ts dus et les imp\u00f4ts per\u00e7us. Troisi\u00e8mement, il obligerait l'Agence du revenu du Canada \u00e0 fournir des donn\u00e9es au directeur parlementaire du budget afin que celui-ci puisse \u00e9valuer de mani\u00e8re ind\u00e9pendante l'\u00e9cart fiscal entre les imp\u00f4ts dus et les imp\u00f4ts per\u00e7us. Ce sont l\u00e0, \u00e0 mon avis, trois tr\u00e8s bons objectifs du projet de loi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9365113\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'encourage mes coll\u00e8gues \u00e0 appuyer le projet de loi. Il est important de pr\u00e9server l'int\u00e9grit\u00e9 de notre r\u00e9gime fiscal. Le projet de loi donnerait aux institutions de l'\u00c9tat les outils dont elles ont besoin pour y parvenir, afin de r\u00e9duire les imp\u00f4ts pour tous. En effet, quand nous comblons le manque \u00e0 gagner fiscal et r\u00e9duisons l'\u00e9vasion fiscale, les imp\u00f4ts peuvent baisser.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9365114\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'attends avec impatience la suite des d\u00e9bats et le vote sur ce projet de loi.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/5/28/michael-chong-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/michael-chong/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4788/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13533711",
"h1": {
"en": "Private Members' Business",
"fr": "Affaires \u00e9manant des d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada Revenue Agency Act",
"fr": "La Loi sur l'Agence du revenu du Canada"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/5/28/",
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}