Yes. I know.
Minister, we spoke to Mr. Pagan earlier about this and butted up against who's writing the editorial content of both the departmental reports. I'm glad the departmental reports are going to be released at the same time as the estimates.
I will read out to you some of the comments in here. There's money for the “smooth functioning of the Courts and to promote greater access to justice for all”. Under the Department of Canadian Heritage, there's funding to “amplify the office of the Governor General, and help build a stronger Canada”. It seems that we're moving away from transparency by writing what looks like political content and not accounting content to be delivered to Canadians.
I will go back to the departmental reports I was mentioning earlier. I will use Public Services and Procurement as an example. In her report, she doesn't mention Phoenix at all, but she goes on about the Canada Post report where part of her achievement is thanking the committee for the work they did. It seems quite odd that a departmental report put together, meant for transparency in terms of where Canadians' money is being spent, is written about such frivolous stuff, but also misses such important stuff as Phoenix.
Who is responsible? I guess it's the ministers, but who's overlooking to make sure they're delivering on your promise in pillar four about providing high-quality information and performance targets and results in departments?
