OTTAWA — The federal finance minister said Tuesday he wants to address service delays at the Canada Revenue Agency within 100 days, even as Ottawa plans spending cuts across the public service.

François-Philippe Champagne set the timeline in a letter to Liberal MP Karina Gould, chair of Parliament’s finance committee, which was posted to his X account Tuesday morning.

In that letter, he said it’s “increasingly apparent” the CRA is not meeting Canadians’ standards.

“The service delays and access challenges Canadians are experiencing from CRA call centres are unacceptable,” he wrote.

Champagne said he spoke to officials at the agency and has asked the CRA to take concrete steps to address the issues with a 100-day action plan.

That could involve reallocating or adding personnel, pilotin

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