I'll just respond briefly and then ask the Comptroller General to elaborate.
The Office of the Comptroller General is not new. Back in the spending reductions of 1995 the office, in some respects, was eliminated, and in other respects was merged with that of the Secretary of the Treasury Board, the senior deputy minister at Treasury Board.
What the previous government started was basically to re-establish it as a stand-alone position. I think many of the resources that it has--basically with inflation--is putting it back to the level that it had in 1993 to a great extent.
I agree with the previous government's decision to re-establish it. I think it's an important component of our capacity to be able to strengthen internal audit and our capacity to be able to catch.... When you have a budget of $200 billion, no matter who is in government there will be challenges from time to time. Hopefully the Comptroller General will establish processes to minimize that, and there is the function to identify any challenges or problems earlier.
Charles-Antoine.