First, we started our audits on climate change 18 months ago, and we planned ahead of time. So by the end of this year we'll have a pretty good idea of the topics we would like to cover from 2008 to 2012. This is well planned in advance, and we know pretty well what we are looking for. So that was decided during a totally different context in this country.
You have to know that in the course of the audit, we don't do that in isolation. We are talking, discussing, and exchanging information with the departments. So my report will not come as a surprise to any of the bureaucrats in the city. They know pretty well, and usually what the department will do as soon as they know we are going after an issue like climate change and we are looking at some specific programs--for example, at NRCan--is that they will pay more attention to those same programs that we are auditing, and in that period of time, let's say a year, they may do a lot of things to improve their own programs if they have to. So they can work on the issue as we are doing the audit. Ideally, if progress had been made, we would be more than happy to report on that progress in our report.
That said, there's always a kind of looking backwards, because we look at what was done over a certain period of time. In this case, we have covered almost 10 years of work within the federal government on climate change, but there comes a time when we start thinking in terms of recommendations: based on the evidence we have gathered, what we should recommend to make sure the government will improve its implementation. That's only an example.
At that point we are starting to discuss with the department going more into looking forward, at what will need to be adjusted or done differently to get on the right path. At the end of it, the department will have to respond to our recommendations. So you will know what the plan is with respect to specific recommendations of this government in addressing climate change, based on the work that we have done.