I agree. It is exactly for that reason that the Auditor General took this audit seriously. We really did not get the information that would allow us to give you the assurance that we are supposed to be able to give you. That's what my job requires of me: to do the work and tell you whether or not we will be able to achieve the objective that the government has set.
In the case of our audit, the Department of Finance did not give us access to the information, particularly the strategic environmental assessments. This is information that we receive each time we ask for it when we do our other audits on this matter. Unfortunately, we did not get the details that would allow us to form a conclusion and to pass the necessary information on to you.