Thank you.
Thank you for letting me be here. It's a pleasure to be able to sit in on this committee. I'm speaking in terms of having a business and moving to a new system. I understand the reluctance to do that, because it's often very difficult. It's going to take some time and effort.
A few things have popped into my mind. It's pretty hard to hide things in either the former or current system, and I think you've done a good job, Ms. Fraser, in finding some things that were hidden, but I'm suggesting it's more difficult in the accrual. In business there are rules and guidelines that accountants...for instance, we talk about statements, claim statements, statements that aren't.... In our business we always tried to make sure we had a good understanding, but is there a danger a government could tamper?
I know accountants are concerned with numbers, but businesses are more concerned with profit, and I think you can make the switch in government too. But is there a possible danger that we may start to see some things hidden, or the public doesn't understand because they're put into accruals or things of that sort?