Thank you very much.
I have a question for Monsieur Giroux. In his report on the fall economic statement, he talked about the importance of government reporting on its public accounts reliably and on time, and he suggested Parliament might consider some changes to legislation to ensure that government does that.
It made me think about some of the larger reforms that were talked about in the 42nd Parliament regarding the parliamentary process for approving government funds. Of course, there were some changes made to the estimates process at that time. I think some of what was done was certainly worth pursuing. There were other elements of that reform that were problematic. All of this went away in the subsequent Parliament, the last one. There hasn't been any real follow-up.
When you were talking about a better date for the public accounts, it made me think that perhaps we should be looking at the entire system, including when the budget lands and the question of a fixed budget date, as well as when the public accounts ought to be tabled and changes around the timing of the estimates that were considered a couple of Parliaments ago.
I'm just wondering if that's something you might be willing to share some thoughts on today, and if it's something you might be willing to report more at length on to the committee in the months ahead.