Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, Mr. Ferguson. Welcome.
You no doubt know that the Auditor General's report on the G8 Infrastructure Fund received a lot of attention. As for the granting of these funds, a parallel process was apparently launched and apparently prevented the Auditor General from getting to the bottom of things in that matter.
The report states that "Senior officials were not able to provide us with any information and said their input had not been sought as part of that process."
Do you think that the Auditor General's mandate should be reviewed to allow the AG to receive municipal and provincial documents when federal funds are involved?