Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Earlier, Pierre spoke about payments to private collection agencies pursuant to section 17.1 of the Financial Administration Act. The amount in question totals $18,503,000.
I believe the money collected by the agencies on behalf of the Canada Revenue Agency does not go to the CRA, but rather to Human Resources Development Canada. At least that's my understanding. Regardless, the money does not end up in the CRA's coffers.
That being said, I would imagine you evaluate the amount of money recovered, if only to ascertain if the process is efficient. Can you tell me if this process is efficient and if so, how efficient? Can you tell me how much money has been collected by these private agencies and turned over the department in question?