If the act were in force and you could investigate all the grants of one million dollars and more, you would not do so systematically, it would be done on a random basis. For example, if a department is not doing its work properly, there are potentially two entities responsible for that: either you or the department. If we were to give you this power, is there not a risk that a department could subsequently say that if funds were misappropriated, the Auditor General could have looked into the matter?
On May 9th, 2006. See this statement in context.