I mean all the information involved in an audit. We believe that it should all be protected because otherwise, it could hinder our ability to carry out audits. We are entrusted with much confidential information. Afterwards, we follow a procedure in order to validate the data. Sometimes, we might have draft reports based on inaccurate data or data that may be out of context. If these reports were freely distributed, it could create problems for us and for the government, because of the erroneous information they contain. We firmly believe that audit files must be exempted from the Access to Information Act, as this bill proposes.
On May 9th, 2006. See this statement in context.