KPMG, the accounting company implicated in an offshore tax evasion scandal, is set to purchase the Canada Revenue Agency, under a privatization deal announced today by the federal government.

Privatization of the CRA, which has recently come under fire for secretly offering the tax evaders involved in the KPMG scandal an amnesty, will save Canadian taxpayers billions of dollars while offering more streamlined services, according the government.

“KPMG virtually owns the CRA anyway,” Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier said. “So we thought it just made sense to sell it to them outright.”

“The acquisition of CRA positions KPMG as a leader in tax evasion, significantly expanding our suite of dirty tricks and providing us with the access required to protect our clients wealth from the taxman,” William B. Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of KPMG said. “New forms of tax evasion schemes also need to be readily available to the large corporations and their CEOs. By leveraging the powers of the revenue agency, KPGM will equip wealthy Canadians with tax evasion solutions that are designed with their specific needs in mind and help them compete in the evolving offshore tax haven marketplace.”

Leader of the official opposition Rona Ambrose dismissed the move by the Liberals to sell off CRA to KPMG as merely an attempt by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cover up “the mountain of debt,” created by “uncontrolled, permanent, new spending,” and not a genuine attempt to help Canadian job creators.

“While we welcome the move by the Liberals to end the government monopoly on taxation, we are worried that the proceeds of the sale will be spent in a reckless and irresponsible way by the finance minister and the prime minister who are not able to make the decisions that they need to make today to respect taxpayers’ money,” Ambrose said on Parliament Hill. “You can count on Conservatives to fight for a jobs plan by cutting taxes – since we are the ones on the hook to pay for this out of control Liberal spending.”