Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Ricard, for being here.
Let me say that in terms of funding for the Auditor General, my questions and comments are in the spirit of seeing that the Auditor General has the full resources that are required, especially in light of the fact that we have a government that in the last two months has spent more than Canada spent during the Second World War, adjusted for inflation. When we speak about a $10.8-million increase, that is a rounding error in terms of the federal budget.
Mr. Ricard, you talked about $10.8 million. The context in which that request was made was after your office had its mandate expanded. In other words, you were pre-COVID, doing more work yet had no additional resources. Isn't that correct?