Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will separate this into two parts. There is the question of, is carbon tax, pollution pricing, the right thing to.... Policy question impacts...it's not something for me at the CRA to respond to. The issue is that there is law that needs to be administered, and that's where the CRA comes in. How can we best administer the fuel charge and the climate action incentive?
The money we have requested is to allow us to do a professional job of administering that regime, so on the $13.1 million, there's a variety of issues that we need to get in place so that we can administer these, whether it's the systems we have to put in place to be able to record and track transactions, some of the awareness that we are putting forward to make sure people are aware of their responsibilities and obligations, or just the ongoing cost of administration. That's what we are asking money for today.
In terms of consultation, again I would separate it into two. Someone else can answer the question of what consultations took place for the development of the policy overall. For our part, we do consult with businesses about the administrative matters so we ensure they are aware of their obligations, and we try to take into account any issues that come up. If you'd like to go into that more, I could ask Geoff Trueman to elaborate on some of that, but that's the basic reason we're asking for the money in the CRA's role in this.