Thank you, Chair.
Next we're moving to dangling chads.
Let me just say first of all to Mr. Williams that we need to be a little bit careful about throwing stones, given the glass house we live in. This is a report from March 2004, and we're just getting to it now.
May I also point out, because it's historical for me, that I actually have help here today. My good friend Mr. Dewar from Ottawa Centre is here to join in, given that he covers Treasury Board.
I'm going to welcome you. It's a pleasure to have help here.
I have one question, and then I'll turn it over to my colleague, Chair. My question is to the Auditor General, with respect to page 24 of your report, point 7.94. You go on to talk about the “absolute critical need for the proper resources and tools to meet management responsibilities”.
We know here in particular that not having enough resources will stop you cold right there. One thing I want to ask you, especially in light of the $2 billion in cuts, $1 billion of which have been made public—the other $1 billion is pretty much a place holder—is whether you are satisfied that they not only have the resources they need now, but that none of those necessary resources is on the chopping block. Do you have any sense of that, in terms of these cuts they're making?