Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class  (p. 80)

"Budget 2016 proposes to invest $444.4 million over five years for the CRA to enhance its efforts to crack down on tax evasion and combat tax avoidance by: hiring additional auditors and specialists; developing robust business intelligence infrastructure; increasing  verification activities; and improving the quality of investigative work that targets criminal tax evaders."

("Growing the middle class", Budget 2016-1017) 

« The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue, today highlighted Canada’s participation in the Joint International Taskforce on Shared Intelligence and Collaboration (JITSIC) network. During the announcement, the Minister emphasized the necessity of sharing data between Canada’s international partners, in order to identify and curb tax schemes and to bring those who choose to participate in such tactics to justice. […]Today’s announcement builds on the government’s $444 million investment to provide the Canada Revenue Agency with more resources and tools to identify and curb offshore tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance. »

(Press Release, September 7, 2016)