It is hard for CGA-Canada to express an opinion on things like that. The government, in good faith, must have had good reason for doing so. I do not know the exact reason. We would really have to look at the numbers to know what the government is saving by using the services of an external third party instead of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, for instance.
On October 4th, 2011. See this statement in context.