Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Madam Auditor General and your team, for this major undertaking.
We have had the opportunity in this and other committees to look at a number of contracts and the vast expanse of contracts out there and how they're looked at, how they're done. We've had the opportunity to go back as far as 20 years. Some witnesses have indicated that the procurement process hasn't really changed much.
Then there's also the issue of, I think, in some of your findings, where there's a lot of familiarity amongst contractors and subcontractors, and it may be something that has become practice, and the familiarity may be a reason why things are overlooked. It's something we've seen. You've mentioned that there's a frequent disregard of the rules applied, and some of it may be because of that.
You also talked about people moving around. The changing of roles is very frequent, and there can be gaps. Is the work being passed along to some other people who are just picking up a file, not knowing what processes have been gone through and how to verify those kinds of things? I'm looking at all of those challenges that can happen in such a huge department where these responsibilities occur.
With the question around PSPC suspending departments' and agencies' delegated authority for professional services contracts in November of last year while new procedures and training were put in place, I'm not sure if you have had a chance to evaluate these measures yet.
When do you believe we will get a sense of whether those are working, those new measures that have been put in place?