Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'm standing in for another member today, but I've been following the matter pretty closely as a former member of the heritage committee, and I've been following it through the press.
I must commend you, Mr. Lacroix. I was on the committee when you were appointed, and of course we all approved your nomination. As a good opposition member, I had some doubts, but you've erased those over the last year or so. This is an extremely succinct and well-documented presentation, and I congratulate you for that. I came here today, as I say, as a substitute, and within minutes I was able to grasp the issues almost totally because of this document. So thank you for that.
I would like to give you an opportunity to respond to some of the things Mr. Del Mastro said, such as the idea that the accounting system is indecipherable. I find it hard to believe that if you have an auditor.... How many auditors do you have? You have a corporate auditor, then you have the Auditor General.