Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you all for being here.
During the pre-budget consultations and with the witnesses who we saw last week there were a few themes that came out.
One of the themes was in regard to a review of the income tax system and streamlining the system. This was interesting to me because it wasn't something I had necessarily thought about, but it came from different walks of life, from economists and small business owners. I think the idea behind it was to make it easier for individuals, and also make it easier for businesses. The idea from the economists' side was that we would have more revenue generated based on compliance and not having to spend so much money on the preparation of tax returns, for example.
Is this something which the department has looked at in terms of the costs for this sort of review, or is this a procedural item that's ongoing or which the department has been looking at in terms of modernizing, as well, in terms of online resources, etc.?