Thank you, Chair.
My question is for Ms. Drainville.
The departmental plan for fiscal year 2023-24 shows you have a main estimates budgeted spend of $242 million, and this number could possibly be higher, closer to $300 million, with supplementary estimates (A) and supplementary estimates (B), for internal services. For a department with a budgeted departmental spend of $876 million, that's 28% on internal services, which is, in my estimation, way too inefficient and, subsequently, a waste of tax dollars. I know that internal services consist of not only finance but also HR, ATIP, communications, etc.
With all that funding and FTEs, it is shocking that your internal controls, governance, and risk management are loose, risking taxpayers' monies. How many people do you have working in the finance function?