According to someone who worked for a popular accounting software company, Canadian tax law is amongst the most complicated in the world. Many companies benefit

According to someone who worked for a popular accounting software company, Canadian tax law is amongst the most complicated in the world. Many companies benefit from this, and it's long been shown that they lobby to keep it this way (in the USA at least). Assuming similar motives and incentives in Canada isn't a particularly big stretch. But if what you describe comes to pass - even just for simple returns for individuals - I'll be pleasantly surprised.