Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
First of all, I want to thank Mrs. Fraser and her entire team for joining us today. I'd like her to know how very much we appreciate the work she is doing as well as the high level of professionalism displayed by her and her audit team. The work you do is always very relevant and enlightening to us.
I would like to focus first on the purpose of the SIN, which originally was threefold: to identify people, to monitor the Canada Pension Plan and the Quebec Pension Plan, and to monitor Employment Insurance. Over time, measures were not put in place to prevent the use of the SIN for other purposes. And that's exactly what has happened.
Did your audit give you some idea of how the SIN might be used productively today, compared to its initial purpose and in light of circumstances which have evolved over the years?