We already know that the federal government identified the CVITP as an initiative contributing to achieving the objectives of its 2018 Poverty Reduction Strategy.  But how can one tell just how important the CVITP is currently to the government?  One way is to consult the Mandate Letter that the Prime Minister sends to the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, the Minister for National Revenue responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency.  This letter gets issued following the Speech from the Throne and highlights the current government’s priorities.  This article highlights a few of the priorities in the Minister’s December 2019 Mandate Letter and her January 2021 Supplementary Mandate Letter which are relevant to the CVITP.  And it briefly looks at how well the Canada Revenue Agency is doing at delivering on these priorities.  The results are not promising.