Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I want to begin with a question to Mr. Edwards.
The reason I needed your remarks is that I didn't think I heard in the six principal themes the word “security”. Particularly in our consular offices abroad, I think it would have to be one of the core focuses, particularly for locally engaged staff. I'm certain there was one incident, and there may have been multiple incidents in the past, of computers in consular offices being compromised by people who were former or present staff.
So it's with great concern that I look at paragraphs 3.66, 3.70, and 3.71 of the Auditor General's report. I notice a distinct lack of any kind of oversight for locally engaged staff, to the point where in paragraph 3.71 we read: “We noted that in recent years, the Bureau visited only four missions per year on average.”
With all of that, coupled with the fact that it's not uncommon for us to have people come into our constituency offices with concerns about the way some family members had been handled at some of our offices, do you not have any concerns about any kind of security supervision in these offices at the moment? And what are you doing, as far as your plan goes, not only to get qualified people, because there are plenty of those, but to make sure these people are also not a security risk?