What we know for sure at CIDA is that it does create additional delays. What I don't know is whether it has any impact on the amount of disclosure that comes out of it.
This is the same thing for other institutions, which I'll tell you have very long lists within the institutions, with senior levels of bureaucrats. On whether it leads to longer delays, some have told us yes and some have told us no. On whether it leads to a difference in the disclosure that comes out, some have told us yes and some have told us no in terms of the senior bureaucrats.
That's why this is clearly something that has to be looked at as part of a systemic investigation, Mr. Chairman, because the information was given to us orally. We did not verify it. I did not go through the processing files. I do not have that information. I have sufficient concerns to mention it because we found this in more than one institution. For some of the institutions where we found this, there are long delays. Therefore, this is something that we really need to look at.
The Treasury Board Secretariat, on our recommendation following the CNA investigation, did issue best practices for delegation of authorities. If those are not out publicly, they are supposed to be out today or the next day. I do have a copy of them. They have been issued and hopefully that will put some decorum into this delegations of authority.