Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thanks to both of you for being here today. In addition to the Auditor General's report, I think your report certainly has come out most clearly in support of moving to a complete accrual accounting basis.
I want to follow up on a question raised by our chairman a few minutes ago to do with a comparison of leasing versus purchasing.
One of the things we constantly hear is that the government can't afford to own these buildings because of the deficit impact, the infrastructure deficit. I'm wondering if you feel that if we were to move to full accounting in all departments, all across, it would show clearly that the government can in fact save the Canadian taxpayer money by moving to this system of owning buildings rather than going into these high-cost, short-term leases that we are in at present.