Mr. Speaker, when the Minister of National Revenue amalgamated Canada customs and taxation he claimed the department would become more efficient and more effective. The auditor general disagrees. In his report last week the auditor general points out that taxpayers are now waiting 26 days longer for disputes to be resolved and that Revenue Canada missed collecting $17 million in interest charges on overdue accounts.
How can the minister claim this reorganization in his department has been anything but a failure?