Thank you very much, Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Giroux, for your excellent work.
My colleagues asked some important questions about the government's arrive scam scandal and the costs associated with that. When talking about this scandal to people who are involved in government, one point of feedback I often get is that this is just the tip of the iceberg. People see the ballooning of contracting out and the number of firms involved in so-called staff augmentation and middlemen.
I wonder if you could help us get a sense of the magnitude of contracting out in general, and I'll ask some specific questions related to pieces of that.
How much are we spending in a given year on contracting out functions of public service delivery?