If I look at the government, which is a huge body--I mean, it beats any Standard and Poor's company, it's so huge--and if I look at what departments can or can't do, having come from that area, departments don't generally hire the accounting types, the accredited accountants. Therefore, our external auditor, the provincial auditor, always used to have problems, because the provincial auditors used to say, well, in certain remote areas, there's nobody there. Therefore, the Comptroller General, as a body that looks after who gets hired...wouldn't you say that would really help the professional...? If you're looking at figures that come from the department, and you have rely on it, how would you balance that, especially with the lack of competencies there? It is the core competencies that are missing.
On October 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.