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COIN, the incentive and motivation is to use tax software from the comfort of your desk chair/sofa, even ones that I believe are still free (Genu tax as an example). https://www.genutax.ca/

Each year, CRA T1 filing statistics show a somewhat steady decline in paper returns being submitted. It is not worth the cost to make paper packages available any more.

I did my tax return in a few hours at my desk and netfiled thereafter and got my NOA from MyAccount in minutes thereafter.

There will likely always be a need for some paper T1s, e.g. T1 finals that executors prepare on their own, some people without devices, etc.

Actually if CRA ultimately succeeds in 'doing simple returns' for a considerable number of taxpayers, that would likely cover off a lot of returns that are not T1 Finals. There were just over 2 million paper filings last year, so other than some paper T1 Finals, it would be interesting to know the profiles of the bulk of the paper filings.