Finance committee  I want to start by saying that I am a CRA employee and have been employed for 34 years with Revenue Canada, CCRA, and the CRA, and I can say I've witnessed the good, the bad, and the ugly with the department and the agency as a front-line worker and as the national president of the union.

Finance committee  May I ask how much time we have in total?

Finance committee  We were advised that it was 4:30 to 5:30, sir.

Finance committee  Okay. As you can see in the brief, we've outlined three or four other things the staffing regime does not cover. Our main objective is to table a recommendation to you. In our view, the staffing and staffing recourse needs to be included in the collective bargaining process so that the interests of the CRA workforce as well as the of employer are addressed.