Thank you, Ms. Minister, for coming by. We have been asking for your presence for awhile, because this five-year review is a never-ending task. I think we're on a ten-year review, actually.
I want to discuss something that you're responsible for. I understand that you're not responsible for the GST rebate, but I understand that you're responsible for cutting the advisory committees. I know you referred to them in your brief.
What I have here is that the Canada Revenue Agency eliminated not just one advisory committee, but they included various ones like the charity advisory committee, the disability advisory committee, the pension advisory committee, the tax professionals advisory committee, and the Assembly of First Nations advisory committee. How is this area going to be run if they're not going to seek any advice? This doesn't make any sense. Are we looking to just save less than a million dollars here? It think that's all you're going to save.
In the end, how is CRA going to get any direction if they're not going to speak to the public? From all the hearings we've had to date, it seems they already have a bad reputation, so I just don't see how we're going to be able to recommend anything in our five-year review if, at minimum, these advisory committee boards are going to be eliminated.