Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Madam Fraser, for coming before committee again, and to the witnesses.
I want to start, if I could, Mr. Sims, with one of the last issues you were talking about, which is the standing agents. The Auditor General's report found there have been improvements to the procurement and management of standing agents hired for federal prosecution on an interim basis. But the Auditor General also found you were unable to provide any formal evaluations or any formal documentation of corrective action for poor performance.
I want to understand: on that basis, what procedures does the justice department have in place to evaluate standing agents who are hired for federal prosecutions? In the Auditor General's report we're left to wonder if there are any, so perhaps you can comment on that to start.