Mr. Speaker, I can only say that one year ago yesterday I issued a press release announcing a series of measures to improve the recovery of moneys owing to the government. This ad resulted in some billions of dollars coming in. For example, in this fiscal year we anticipate it will result in an extra $3.8 billion coming in as a result of these new measures.
I sent that press release out to everybody, including the press gallery, one year ago yesterday. The Auditor General at the end of May when the fiscal year ended, four months after I sent out this report, looked at the year. Most of the months in that year were Tory months and not months that I was minister. He said there were certain things that needed to be done. My press release was in fact a preface to the Auditor General's report with respect to collections.
Two months ago the hon. member's colleague who is sitting at his right hand right now asked me a question about a speech of the Auditor General in Quebec City. I pointed out to him that it was something we were collecting and there was no question of this money not being collected.