Madam Speaker, let me say that yes indeed the government is prepared to be accountable in all aspects of its responsibilities. When we talk about accountability I would like to share with the House something else we have done in the department which responds directly to the member's concerns.
It is only fair when we ask Canadians to open their books to us as we collect their taxes and look at their position, that we do the same. As a result of that I have asked my department to take the time to prepare on the basis of an internal audit, reports for this House, for members opposite and for their constituents on the different programs we take responsibility for.
Most recently we did a full report on the tax filing year that indicated the positives, the fact that people are getting their refunds much faster now as a result of E-mail and other changes to our system, that we have implemented new strategies like E-filings, telephone filings which make sense to Canadians and respond to them. At the same time this report identified areas of weakness where we have to make improvements and respond more directly to Canadians.
Most recently we have issued our second report, a report on the child tax benefit. The hon. member may be interested to know that the newest line of business in Revenue Canada is providing benefits to Canadians, returning revenues back to Canadians as appropriate: the issue of the child tax benefit and the GST credit for example. We have done a review of our child tax benefit program and strategy. We have found aspects that are very positive about it, but aspects that yes indeed we have to improve.
These are the kinds of measures this government is taking to respond to the concern of the hon. member in the area of accountability.