Mr. Chairman, I think we should be looking at these requests we have for the departments to report to Parliament.
With the Gomery inquiry report asking for more resources to committees, maybe one of the things we should be looking at is having resources so that we can follow up on whether or not departments are reporting to Parliament, as Parliament has requested. If they ignore us, thinking we'll go away, then we should have news for them that we're not going to be ignored or go away.
On the conservation of federally built heritage, Madam Auditor General, you may recall that the Treasury Board had a new thing called “a logic model” a few weeks ago, which I was a little critical of.
I'm quoting chapter 2.23:
The Treasury Board Heritage Buildings Policy offers protection only to buildings, and not to the national historic sites owned by federal departments or agencies. It thus offers no protection to the other elements that may be included on a national historic site, such as archaeological sites, canals, structures, or cultural landscapes.
Is this a logic model we should be investigating, or does it stand on its own?