Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
When I listen to the remarks made by all members here, basically the issue is not one of accounting. I know we can discuss accrual versus cashflow, and there's an acknowledgement that both are important. So it's not that we'll adopt accrual accounting on the notion that we'll eliminate cashflow analysis. Those are both very important to the analysis of how we spend our money and how we make our decisions.
But I think the root cause or the root issue here has to do with the decisions that are made on behalf of the taxpayers being the most economic and viable decisions. I think the Auditor General alluded to it when she talked about the Department of Public Works and Government Services, a department that has I think $13 billion or $14 billion in discretionary spending.
When they make their decisions--I want clarification on this--is it based on accrual accounting or cashflow analysis or cash accounting? Based on the discussion here, my understanding is that predominantly that takes place on a cashflow basis. Is that correct?