Thank you for your questions.
Yes, I am aware of that pilot project. I think there are actually three of them.
They were successful. When you are looking at these pilots.... As to could you assign debt to the receiver general to collect, you have to look at the nature of the debt, but yes, we've had some good success. I am not convinced it would be successful in every case, but if you look at debt related to pension overpayments and those types of things, where you have a relationship with the organization or the person, absolutely. If it's a one-off, where you've dealt with the organization only one time, the receiver general would probably struggle just as a private company would. We've had some good success, and we are going to continue the pilot. It's going to be extended.
Really, what is on us is to figure out when the receiver general is a good choice, and when there are better mechanisms out there. As a result of the pilot, we will be issuing guidance—it won't be “musts”—to departments: if it's this kind of debt, the receiver general works best; if it's this kind of debt, CRA is better; if it's this kind of debt, do something different.
That's what we hope to learn. There are ongoing pilots and yes, they've had some good success.