Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. MacDonald, for being with us today.
If I remember correctly, the deputy minister was here on October 1. He told us that the department's role had expanded significantly in recent years, with managing grants and contributions being a big part of that. That surprised me, because I thought that, when a department is given more responsibilities, someone would make sure it has the necessary management capacity. Apparently nobody made sure of that, which I find deplorable.
That said, are the existing management tools and processes sufficient to ensure good management? Is the problem related to the tools and processes, or to public servants' knowledge of what to do?