Whatever the subject of the audit, we always make sure the audit addresses the environmental, social and economic dimensions. For example, when we conducted the audit of abandoned mines in the north, we looked at the economic and social impacts, in addition to the environmental impacts, which were major.
Among the amendments to the Auditor General Act, there is a definition of sustainable development that gives me all the leeway I need to go beyond environmental protection. In fact, we do much more than that in terms of auditing.
As for the departments, I have the authority to audit all of them. As I said earlier in my presentation, we have audited the Department of Finance. In most cases, whatever the subject of the audit may be, we cover a number of departments. We have covered virtually all of them in the past 10 years. We have a lot of leeway.
The Department of Justice has its own sustainable development strategy. We can look at the commitments it has taken in that regard. We have audited the Department of Foreign Affairs, Fisheries and Oceans, Agriculture and Agri-Food. You can name them all, because they have all, at one time or another, in greater or lesser depth, been audited by us. So it goes much further than the Department of the Environment or NRCan.