It's a pleasure, Chair.
Thank you, Auditor General, for your report.
Believe us, we value the contributions you make in regard to all these reviews and recommendations and in highlighting some of the issues that we always need to be apprised of.
Let's start with GC Strategies. I know that PSPC had already implemented a host of changes. There's much that you have done and much that the ombudsman has done over the course of the last two years: improving the guidance of other government departments, putting caps on task-based contracts, mandatory value-for-money assessments for all RFPs with a time-based basis for payment, mandatory reporting by client departments for the usage of mandatory methods of supply, and ADM-level approval for non-competitive contract extensions and single-bid procurements.
Auditor General, does that demonstrate to you that other federal contractors should be mindful of the rules? You've made it clear that we don't need any more rules; we just need to abide by them. This happened during the pandemic period. What's happening now, relative to some of these issues?