Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you very much, Auditor General, for coming here today.
I want to initially focus on chapter 3, specifically with respect to large information technology projects. There's quite a bit we can talk about. You indicated that over the past few years there has been about $8.7 billion worth of IT expenditures. I have some concerns, which you raised. As you're fully aware, we've discussed very extensively in this committee accrual accounting and accrual budgeting on a going forward basis. One of the issues we raised during those discussions was with respect to IT systems and how they would merge and assist in the financial reporting.
There seems to be an issue, not so much system-related, but a human resource issue. Can you clarify or elaborate on that? Is it really an IT system, or is it a human resource issue? I get the impression from what you've told us that it seems to be a lack of proper training, a lack of proper experience, and a lack of proper recruiting. Is that correct, and what, if any, action has the government taken to address that issue?