Through responsible enforcement, the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency CCRA continues to collect the vast majority of taxes assessed, including the additional $850 million in question.
In 2001–02, the CCRA collected over $300 billion in taxes. The amount written off was only 0.34% of the gross revenues or about $1 billion. This illustrates the exceptional work being performed by the CCRA when it comes to the collection of monies owed to the crown.
In addition, for GST alone in 2001–02, the CCRA collected more than $62 billion and wrote off only $190 million, representing a mere 0.31% of GST revenues.