Madam Chair, the documentation we're talking about relates to the procurement process.
Now, there are more than enough rules on the books that require procurement processes. Please, nobody come out with any more rules; there are lots and lots of rules. Plus, all the trade agreements, the rulings, and the courts have all made it very clear.
We tried to do two things with our annual report this year.
First, we put out some good practices. Some departments have some really good practices relating to procurement and we put them out so that others who may not have those practices can benefit from them.
Second, we put out some recommendations, but the recommendations we are making are not just to the departments we looked at. We're hoping that the recommendations we make will be used by everybody else, by those we didn't even look at, who will say, “Hey, does this make sense to me or not?”
The accountability for good documentation, just like accountability for running a department, rests with the deputy minister. We've spoken to most of the people around the block and I think they accept what we are saying.
Really, the question you have to come back to is this: are there enough resources to do the job and what is the most important part of the job they want to get done?