Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Giroux, welcome back. It's always a pleasure to have you. You're sitting so far away that you might as well be at 99 Bank.
I attended your briefing on the icebreakers, so I'm well versed in that from your commentary.
I'm going to chat about your report, which was the economic and fiscal update briefing. In the briefing you talked about the very late publication of the public accounts, record spending and more deficit than any...since Confederation, combined.
We ended up having two years without a budget and then the latest publication of the public accounts since grunge music was popular back in 1993.
I'm just wondering what you think about the issue of transparency and trust in government, both from parliamentarians and the Canadian public, when this vital report is pushed so late.