In your report on the fall economic statement, you noted that the federal public accounts are published later than most provincial public accounts and that the government continually falls short of the standard for advanced practice in the International Monetary Fund's financial reporting guidelines. Those guidelines recommend that governments publish their annual financial statements within six months of the fiscal year end.
Do you have a sense of why the federal government continues to have issues with timely financial reporting, and can you maybe explain why six months is considered a best practice?