Madam Chair, I believe that Mr. Malo is referring to another audit that we conducted on the expenditure management system across government, in which we noted that the expenditure management system was based more on a period of tight restrictions, as a result of which new initiatives were very much being questioned. A great deal of attention was being paid to new programs and new expenditures. There were even two systems: one for current expenditures and another for new initiatives. A great deal of attention was being paid to new initiatives and very little to current and ongoing expenditures.
This way of doing things is obviously not as appropriate right now, which doesn't necessarily mean that crazy expenditures are being made. When we assess a program, we check to see whether certain programs should be modified or eliminated. We also have to conduct program reviews on a regular basis to determine whether they are still achieving objectives. It was in that context.