Thank you.
That is a very important question. Unfortunately, the answer is not a simple one.
Unfortunately, the response to your question about whether we've completed the evaluation is not immediately simple and obvious. We have undertaken an evaluation.
Yes, it is quite true that we are conducting an evaluation.
Like Environment Canada, we engaged an independent consultant. Unfortunately, the draft report that was provided to us was not acceptable, as it did not reach the standards of the department as an evaluation.
Unfortunately, according to our department, the draft report prepared by the consultants is not acceptable.
We are in the process, and have been for quite some time, of trying to correct that. Unfortunately, the consultant company no longer does this line of work. As a result, we've been in the awkward situation of how to ensure that we have an arm's-length review when the people who were at arm's length from us no longer exist.
We do have a draft. We do have a management response. We want to be very transparent. And if that would be helpful to the committee--as we work to do this--we'd be happy to provide a final document. If there's interest in a draft, we're very open to being completely transparent about this entire situation.