We, as Canadians, would like a response sir. How is it that the Canadian Revenue Agency made a horrible mistake, destroyed a man’s business and finances, and feels that they owe nothing in compensation?
I’m referring to the story of Irvin Leroux. A CRA auditor misplaced receipts and records at a CRA office, and without those Irvin’s tax bill ballooned to $900,000 in income tax and $100,000 in GST. He took them to court and won, having his tax bill set to zero.
But this story spans 1996 to 2005, and in that period of time CRA got a writ of seizure for his properties, which freaked out his banking institution which demanded he pay back in full his business loan.
He lost everything: house, business, land, income, savings.
And the CRA, as the story shows, is basically saying “Sorry.”
Minister Blackburn, this is outrageous! In Canada, we own up to our mistakes. In Canada we take care of our own. In Canada our government works FOR us.
We should all be outraged by this. This didn’t happen because of Mr. Leroux doing anything other than entrusting his documents with a CRA auditor.
Canadians trust in government to do the right thing has always been somewhat strained, but to know that corrections won’t be made due to government error makes me think of my American friends who have an outright fear of their government. I do not want that for Canada. This needs to be fixed.
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