Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for joining us, gentlemen.
We are talking of harmonizations, but, actually, parliamentarians need clear documents in order to base themselves on relevant information so that they are able to vote. I have familiarized myself with the document that was sent to us. It is called “Following the Dollar—Tracking Budget 2016 Spending and Tax Measures”. It is an interesting document. It really shows us the differences, the difficulties and the challenges, as you mentioned previously. Following the money comes with a number of difficulties and they are structural ones. What you are telling us is not new.
There are in place plans, a test and a pilot project that help us to follow the expenditures with faster and more rigorous study. A budget sets a course, but it sometimes varies in a year and, at that point, we have to react. That is the time when we as parliamentarians have to make decisions.
Is this initiative, of following each expenditure and providing statistics, currently improving communications between your organizations, parliamentarians, the Minister of Finance and the ministers in the Treasury Board?