Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, Mr. Desautels and Mr. Clark.
Mr. Desautels, I was looking at a document that was provided to us, on an audit that you did in 2001. At some point, you said in a box:
Managers too often are mired in constant planning and developing performance measures. « Better » has become the enemy of « satisfactory ».
What I am going to say is directed to you as well as Mr. Clark. We have all attended briefings where mention was made that change has become the standard and that everything that used to change every 20 years is now becoming daily routine. The change has become some sort of obligation that must be managed with civil servants. The whole of the public service must do it properly to adapt to it. In each of the departments, I presume there are strategic plans, changing management system of change, computer systems, staffing systems and accounting systems, which are changing. Politicians change and sometimes policies as well.
Is this continued adaptation which is required of the public service not, in some respects, contrary to efficiency?