Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good evening, and thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee to present the Canada Revenue Agency's main estimates for 2020-21, and to answer any questions you may have on the associated funding. My understanding is that a copy of my ful

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. Perhaps my colleague, Geoff Trueman, can take the question.

Finance committee  I believe there were a few more employees funded for the taxpayers' ombudsman. I would have to come back to you with specific details, but it's a fairly small budget to start with.

Finance committee  A number of the benefit programs that we administer are covered under the statutory authorities that are included in supplementary estimates (A) for Employment and Social Development Canada. The emergency response benefit, the CERB, and the emergency students benefit as well come

Finance committee  It's for the children's special allowance. That's equivalent to the Canada child benefit and is paid to foster homes and children's aid societies. That's about $361 million.

Finance committee  Yes, the total amount of that transfer payment is engaged for these two programs solely.

Finance committee  Mr. Trueman is probably best positioned to answer the question.

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, I can start and Mr. Vermaeten will be able to complete it. Definitely, living through COVID and seeing how quickly we could deliver on these emergency measures, we've learned a lot. One of our mottos going forward is what good can we take from this, going into the fut

Finance committee  I wonder if Ted wants to take that one.

Finance committee  We do have some outreach activities. We also have a community volunteer program across the country to help a number of low-income taxpayers complete their tax returns and get access to the benefits they are often owed. I wonder if Mr. Vermaeten can offer more information.

Finance committee  These are the investments we do and the many systems we have in the agency to deliver the tax programs. One of those systems is the program benefit system. That is currently operating in an aged infrastructure, so we have a multi-year project to be able to upgrade the system and

Finance committee  I'll take that question, Mr. Chair. Often the main estimates do not reflect the amounts that—

Finance committee  The main estimates amounts often do not reflect the amounts that are voted in prior years, either to the main estimates or the supplementary estimates, then not spent and available for spending in the following year. That spending really reflects, I believe, the amounts that are

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, I'll start, and if Mr. Trueman can offer.... We're responsible for collecting the revenues and for paying the climate action incentive. We will produce, at the end of the fiscal year, which we're working on right now, a statement that will show the fuel charges that w

Finance committee  Yes. Let me see. I believe it is $3.780 million for the fiscal year.