Mr. Chair, we all understand that the Auditor General does incredibly important work, but I think Mr. Marston indicated at the very beginning that it was the Auditor General, not the government, who deemed that these audits were unnecessary.
The other important feature is that in October 2011, there was a letter to the chair of the public accounts committee, NDP member David Christopherson, and at that time the Auditor General's office announced their intention to seek these amendments. At that time they also made a case in terms of why these amendments would eliminate audits of lesser importance.
Mr. Boissonneault, is that portraying accurately what happened? Was there a response from the committee?