Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This is more of a general question. You asked for general questions before, and that's when I put my hand up. We have a lot of directors general or acting directors general in this meeting, and there seems to be, with a lot of the spending, a lack of reporting and accountability from the provinces with regard to the distribution of the funds they're receiving from the federal government.
My question is this, and I'd like each one of them to answer specifically: Is this due to a decision made by themselves, or have they received a direction from the minister to not require the reporting and accountability?
I think it's a fair question, Mr. Chair.