Thank you, Mr. Giroux, for being here. I'm glad to see that your expertise as an economist and on the federal budget and government expenditure system is going to be very useful for us here.
You allayed Ms. Mendès' fears about the MPs' pension contribution.
The interesting thing is there are so many different methodologies. There are so many permutations and combinations that I found it quite alarming that this man could compare us to Detroit and that he could mix up our governance in the financial institution systems with the United States. We have a very strong governance structure. We did not allow subprime mortgages. We have our banks on a different.... Anyway, that's besides the point.
You talked about challenges to accessing data. The previous parliamentary budget officer had huge challenges with CRA when he was trying to assess the revenues lost by the government for those tax evasions, not the properly legitimate tax vehicles. I have to be careful what words I use; as an accountant I do have to be very careful what terminology I use.
You have been the chief data information officer for CRA. How will you ensure that you get that information without having to go to court? How will you ensure that the revenues that are duly required by the Government of Canada do come to Canada?