Mr. Chairman, let me give you the example of CIDA, which does a great deal of development work and contributes to a number of programs in various countries.
We have done audits in the past. We have studied how CIDA manages its programs and how, in the case of contributions, it ensures that all the terms and conditions are met and checks whether the money was spent for the purposes for which it was intended.
CIDA has been doing project audits for two or three years. Sometimes, the auditors can even detect expenditures that do not qualify for funding. In such cases, CIDA recovers the money.
In our recommendations, we said that CIDA was not recovering the money fast enough. However, the agency itself has set up an audit system to ensure that the terms and conditions are met. It tracks the situation and analyzes the results obtained.
Finally, we audit the framework and the systems, and we make recommendations, for example that CIDA must be more rigorous in recovering and tracking the money. However, the basic system is already in place.