In Report II of the two reports that we produced, we did a follow-up on the 17 recommendations that were made by senior management at the DG level. Those recommendations were approved and endorsed by the deputy minister to address G and C issues, and we found that about half of them were in progress and making good progress.
One of the key things they have done are to get a community of practice together, which hadn't existed before. About 80 people every month are meeting to talk about issues that they're experiencing within grants and contributions. They've also strengthened the recipient audit framework. It was a finding in our 2019 audit that this needed to be put in place so that the department could satisfy itself that the recipients were actually spending money in accordance with the terms and conditions and in accordance with their contribution agreements.
In addition to the strengthening of the recipient audit framework and implementing this community of practice, they've also put in place an investment oversight committee so that every grant over $100,000 that is deemed medium risk or high risk is also reviewed by a horizontal committee of directors general before these programs are approved.