Marie-Claude Bibeau said in December that discussions continue about ways to invest an amount equivalent to tariff revenue collected from farmers back into the agriculture sector. Growers would rather just have a refund.

Minister of National Revenue Marie-Claude Bibeau has come out swinging against the whistleblowers behind recent reports that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is plagued by major gaps in fraud detection and has paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in bogus refunds.