If I may comment on that, there are two things. First, I think, Mr. Chairman, that the member is confusing the Income Tax Act with the CRA Act. This report comments on the Canada Revenue Agency Act. So that's point number one.
Point number two is about audits. And I would encourage the committee to ask the Auditor General what she thinks of the agency and what she thinks the agency has achieved in its first five years of existence. With the internal audit and the audits from the Auditor General, I think we accumulate something in the order of 135,000 hours a year of audits within the agency. We live and breathe through audits. And to be honest with the committee, when an audit report finds nothing wrong, it's a big waste of money.
So we welcome the comments of the AG. She's helping us in building a stronger agency. We did not disagree with any of the recommendations in her last report, and in fact we're already gearing up to implement everything she has suggested. These kinds of reports are extremely helpful.
On the agency per se, the document you have in front of you, which we would like to hope is as factual as it can be, has been prepared by the agency. It hasn't been prepared by the Auditor General, but I would encourage the committee to ask questions of the AG on that report. She has commented numerous times on the agency and has essentially said that the agency has one of the best systems of reporting to Parliament and provides parliamentarians with the most accurate information.
Of course, not everything is perfect. You will hear from the unions about the recourse in the staffing process. You will hear from the AG, as the member has pointed out, about some of the audit. If everything was perfect, it would be a wonderful world, but the agency has made enormous progress. I think what we've been saying to the committee is that five years has yielded incredible results, and we believe, from a management perspective, that another five years will confirm that the model Parliament chose in 1999 has the potential of bringing amazing governance results in the public sector.