Thank you, Mr. Chair.
And thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for appearing. I thank you for the clarification you've brought already.
I think it's safe to say, Ms. Ridgeway, that you're here because a couple of news articles raised some questions about your travel and whether it was good value for money. I think those questions are valid and important questions because it's taxpayers' money, and we certainly want to be assured that the activities are worthwhile and that they are done within guidelines that are reasonable and make sense, and so on.
Ms. Dansereau, in your opening comments you talked somewhat about how trips are approved and then audited and so on, so I think I understand that part of the process. I think I understand a little less better the decision-making of how we decide where we're going to go and when. For example, would the director general, Ms. Ridgeway, kind of map out her year in advance and say, “Well, I think I should go here and there”, and a bunch of travellers then put this on your desk and then you take a look at it and sign off on this? Perhaps you can help me with that part of the equation.