Thank you for the question.
I don't know all the details or the reasons. But what I can say is that the overall increase in income is obviously one of those reasons, and the tax debt has gone up as a result.
I can assure you that, every year for the past few years, the CRA has been reallocating funding to strengthen its recovery capacity.
I'd also like to point out that, according to an international study of 10 major countries conducted by Capgemini, the Canada Revenue Agency is among the top two organizations in terms of its ability to recover tax debt as a percentage of income and the cost of collecting every unpaid dollar. The CRA's recovery costs are among the lowest.
We also responded to a debt recovery audit by the Auditor General by changing certain procedures to ensure the portfolio remains at acceptable levels.