Louise Thibault at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On October 26th, 2006. See this statement in context.

October 26th, 2006 / 12:15 p.m.

Bloc

Louise Thibault Bloc Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC

Thank you.

Mr. Bennett, in your presentation, you said that the implementation of accrual accounting lasted almost 10 years and that putting in the financial information system took two years.

Was this a conversion period—ten years is a long time—or was it used to develop technological and other tools, or both?

In short, why did it take you ten years to finally get to your present situation, which is almost perfect?

See context to find out what was said next.