It took nine years to shift from a full cash basis that was being used for the public accounts, for the estimates, and for the budget to shift to having a full accrual basis for all of those. It took eight years to shift the financial statements and budgets and it took an extra year for the estimates. However, recognize that, when you're going from all cash to full accrual, systems were needed to do that. That is a long time, I agree, but that's a very fundamental shift; whereas, in the Government of Canada, two of those three pillars have already shifted.
On May 10th, 2016. See this statement in context.