Another thing that's provided for in the accountability act--section 16.4, if memory serves--is that all procedures and policies of the Treasury Board have to be followed on both ends. So if we're talking about billions of dollars in public spending on infrastructure, the recipients must also respect and be in conformity with a long series of procedures and policies to make sure that they've done everything right.
With the reams of documents you received last week, are you able to make an evaluation and determination of that? How can you do the job we're asking you to do by statute? It's the will of Parliament: the statute creating your office is the will of the Canadian people through Parliament. How can you do that job? Do you have the information to allow you to make a proper determination as to whether or not the recipients are also in conformity with all of those procedures and practices, as they must be?