Thank you very much.
I really have to congratulate you for your work. Certainly no one likes to be criticized, especially not members of the government. I fully understand that you may feel some friction. But I feel none at all. I am also very pleased to be able to ask you these questions today.
In your presentation, you mentioned that “departments and agencies have been instructed by the Treasury Board Secretariat not to provide Parliament with information on the government's spending and operating review in the upcoming departmental reports on plans and priorities.” Could you tell me how the government, specifically the Treasury Board Secretariat, justified that decision? Why was it decided and what effect will it have on the work of the members of Parliament who have to study government expenditures?