Thank you very much.
Bonjour, tout le monde.
This is my first opportunity to be present at a parliamentary committee meeting in Ottawa and I'm indeed pleased to be here.
In response to the honourable member, the board, as has already been stated, has asked for an audit of 2009–10 because there were certain discussions around the appropriateness of agency spending. The president of the agency has already indicated that it has been spending only approximately half of its allocation because currently it is unable to fulfill its entire mandate.
The current board is extremely confident that the agency is in fact a good custodian of public funds, but the public needs to be reassured, and that is why the agency board did ask for an audit of 2009–10: not because that current board has concerns, but it is extremely concerned that Canadians be reassured that their tax money is being appropriately spent.