Indeed, other offices of auditor generals, or other such authorities, assess their performance according to the amounts of money saved or potential savings that were identified.
We have always been reluctant to do so, because I believe that that could influence our choice of audits. The office could then deal mainly with areas that are more likely to yield greater savings than sectors where there might be problems and where people do not have enough money to carry out their work. In my view, it is also important for parliamentarians to know that mandates given to agencies or departments do not correspond to their funding levels.
I think that that could lead to bias. Of course, our reports contain cases where audits have helped us uncover potential savings. Personally, I am very reluctant to have that become a performance indicator of the office.