We are aware of this situation because other parliamentary committees have looked into this. I know that internal audit services have conducted several audits. CRA is not alone in being affected by this problem. A number of other departments are also quite behind in issuing paycheques. I'm prepared to submit the letter to the committee, along with copies of the studies that have been carried out. We did not feel that it was necessary to do a specific audit in this case, since the problem is fairly well known. We are currently thinking about doing an audit of several rather outdated systems, including the remuneration system, and about examining the plans formulated to update these systems.
On February 10th, 2009. See this statement in context.