The review and the information provided by the Auditor General indicate that revenues have escalated by 40% or some percentage in the mid-forties, but bad debts have actually escalated by about 85%. To me that indicates we may be putting too much resources into one area and not enough into another. Maybe we're not calculating risk adequately, or the way we're screening for risk may not be in line. Perhaps if we stopped auditing quite as much or for as long, we might have more resources to prevent the escalation of bad debts.
On June 21st, 2006. See this statement in context.