Finance committee  Are there other programs where we pay out? Absolutely. There's a lot of tax credits.

Finance committee  It also includes childcare benefits and all that stuff. The policy lead on the softwood lumber agreement is, of course, under the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, but they do not have the domestic machinery in place to actually deal with the over 1,000 pro

Finance committee  In terms of the overall year-over-year increase, it's the vast majority of the number. Part of that is because we've only been at this for a while. Last year's mains didn't have it. It was covered under the supplementaries. This is the first time you're actually seeing it in the

Finance committee  I can't speculate on an amount. There's a process, of course, to do that and you'll hear about it in due course. Certainly you have to go back to the 2009 budget and the measures in there that we are tasked with administering. Perhaps the single most noteworthy thing would be t

Finance committee  We have a figure, and I will ask Mr. Ralston to give it to you.

Finance committee  Yes, we've had an arrangement with Quebec from the outset for the administration of the tax. This year, the payment is roughly $135 million.

Finance committee  Virtually from the beginning. It goes back to shortly after the launch of the GST in the early 1990s.

Finance committee  It's a single administration, but it collects two taxes.

Finance committee  We've been doing a number of things to try to continue to enhance the delivery of the scientific research and experimental development tax credit. In the last while, new money has gone into the hiring, for instance, of more scientists, because as you know, in determining whether

Finance committee  I'll try to be brief. This was a follow-up report on two previous audits that had been undertaken. In those two previous audits there were actually 21 total recommendations. This follow-up audit focused on 13 recommendations, and they assessed our progress against those 13 recom

Finance committee  No, Mr. Chair, we are in the process of providing a detailed response on every one of those recommendations. We're making good progress across the board in all of those, and we'll ultimately be reporting those to the public accounts committee.

Finance committee  I have a quick comment, and then I'll ask Mr. Ralston to give you the details. Clearly, the proposition was there because we were comfortable that we were able to deliver the program results at less cost to government. So the short answer is yes, but with your permission, Mr. C

Finance committee  The Canadian tax system is based on the principle of responsibility of the individual taxpayers to make the proper declaration of taxes payable. We do whatever we need to do to assist them. If you've been on our website, we have publications and we work with tax professional grou

Finance committee  I don't have the figures, but with your permission, Mr. Chair, I am asking Wayne Adams, who is our senior technical officer in the CRA, to reply to that question.

Finance committee  No, that's not completely correct. If we don't have anybody who has the information to serve the person, first we'll see if there's an alternative channel to serve them, as I identified. If not, we'll make an appointment with that individual and make sure we've got the informatio