Mr. Speaker, I can assure the House that we will collect the vast majority of the taxes owing and we will do it with interest.
Canadians should know that the accounts receivable of Revenue Canada are not some fund which is available to further reduce the deficit. They are funds taken into account in the government accounting by the Minister of Finance in budgetary projections.
The total accounts receivable stopped growing last year and is now declining. I believe that we will continue to be able to reduce that sum.