If I understand your question correctly, we use a combination of paper documents and automated files. I can get back to you with the specifics later. Our goal is to automate our files as quickly as possible, in order to simplify procedures and eliminate duplication and overlap. There are community reports, regional progress reports and national reports to file. We've already simplified things and done away with many of these steps and we will continue to look for solutions. There's still a fundamental principle at play, namely an obligation to account for transfers of funds. Other mechanisms must be developed. However, in principle, Parliament, which approves these funds, must be able to see if they were in fact used to achieve program and policy objectives.
On June 13th, 2006. See this statement in context.