Public Accounts committee  Are you directing the question to the RCMP?

Public Accounts committee  He would have been part of the organization, but he was not the director general at that time.

Public Accounts committee  It's currently Colonel Simard.

Public Accounts committee  It was probably a combination of various sections within military personnel command, where we monitor the careers of Canadian Forces members and can therefore track the number of moves made each year.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, it's the director general, military careers.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, as far as I understand, the figures, the statistics, the data requested from the Department of National Defence were provided.

Public Accounts committee  If this is in reference to the actual conduct of producing the RFP in the contract, we were asked to provide information and data and statistics on the number of moves, the number of military personnel engaged in those moves, so I would be unable to respond to that particular question as it pertains to—

Public Accounts committee  No.

Public Accounts committee  I certainly could. I could take that question on notice and provide some detail.

Public Accounts committee  I believe it was just a reassessment of the actual people who were involved in that transaction. I'm not even sure where the initial estimate of 7,200 members came from.

Public Accounts committee  I do not, Mr. Chair.

Public Accounts committee  In those cases in which we do not have the skills, we have a very strong relationship with civilian hospitals. There is an ongoing commitment that we have through our director general of health services to establish those relationships. We've had extraordinary support from our civilian hospitals across the country in dealing with some of the cases that we've had as a result of injuries and wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

Public Accounts committee  The deputy minister being referred to is actually me. It's just that there has been a name change. What used to be the assistant deputy minister of human resources military—quite a mouthful—is now chief of military personnel. I'm pleased to report that at the same time the Auditor General was finalizing that report, we had, in the Canadian Forces, as some of you may have heard, the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Hillier, talk about Canadian Forces transformation.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, sir. Thank you very much for inviting us here today. I appreciate very much the vocal and evident support for the Canadian Forces from the members of the committee. Also, although it might sound strange, I actually welcome the Auditor General's return to come and check up on us to see how we've done with the numerous investments and initiatives that are in place today.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Ma'am.