Good evening, Ms. Hajdu.
Thank you for joining us to answer our questions.
In the economic update, specifically in chapter 2, on page 110, a section explains in detail what “improving services to Canadians” means. The section states as follows:
Funding proposed for ESDC to support the day‑to‑day operation of the new old age security platform and to increase old age security processing capacity, helping ensure seniors receive their benefits accurately and on time, and for CRA to maintain a complement of agents at its call centres, and to implement a new telephony platform, which will allow Canadians to more easily connect with the CRA on enquiries related to their benefits and taxes.
I would like to ask you a question that I've asked you in question period on more than one occasion.
Should this amount be added to the $6.6 billion already earmarked for the Cúram program?