Thank you so much.
Because Monsieur Ste-Marie as well as Mr. Blaikie had mentioned this, I want to respond as well because it is fair to do so. Of course we want a fair deal and of course we want a good deal. We all want an end to it.
I do want to just remind everyone there were 570 items on the table and we're now down to a handful, so a lot of tremendous work has been done by both sides to try to reach a fair and good settlement.
I just want to recognize the extraordinary work that has been done and how far we've actually come on that. Just because we're having tough negotiations now doesn't mean that we don't continue to support strong labour rights or that we don't support our public service unions. We absolutely do.
The only other point I want to add to the current debate at hand is that according to the CRA website, approximately 95% of the 17 million people who have filed their taxes have already done so using self-serve digital options. I appreciate it—because this is the case in my own riding—that not everybody has access to a computer, although if they go to our non-profit organizations they would be able to be helped. There are step-by-step instructions called “Learn About Your Taxes” and you can engage with Charlie the chatbot who can answer your questions online.
I encourage anyone who is listening who might want to call CRA with some additional questions in wanting to file their taxes that there might be some online resources available to them.
Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.