Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I would like to welcome our witnesses who have joined us today.
I want to start by congratulating you, Ms. Hogan, on your appointment to the position of Auditor General of Canada. It's very important work that you and your office do, and we appreciate your taking the time to join us today.
Many of my questions result from the testimony that you provided in the exchange you had with my colleague Mr. Pat Kelly at the public accounts committee recently.
I will turn to one of the quotes from an answer that you gave. You stated, “We will do our best, and I commit to getting information to Parliament as quickly as we can so we can begin to see if they were any lessons learned or changes we can make to better prepare ourselves and the government should we have to go through this again.” I know you stated that in your opening remarks today.
My first observation and question would be this. To mitigate the effectiveness of the opposition, the Liberal government, with the help of the NDP, have effectively shut down Parliament until the fall, and it appears to me that the Liberal government is also trying to mitigate the effectiveness of the Auditor General's Office by limiting your office's funding. Regarding the funding shortfall for your office, my colleague Mr. Kelly noted that it is normal for the office to produce eight or nine reports, not the four that you currently have ready to table.
What topics were not audited this past winter or spring? More specifically, what were the top four or five areas that were left unaudited due to your office's lack of funding?