Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My question is brief and does not deal necessarily with Vote 35 but on the work that the three of you do. I am meeting Mr. Sargent from the Privy Council Office for the very first time.
When a department awards a contract worth $500,000, $1 million or $1 billion, does your role not consist in managing these expenditures, and asking questions with respect to the contract's plans and priorities? Do you make sure that the amount of $1 billion is going to the right place and that there will be positive economic spin-offs for Canada? Do you make sure that savings are made?