Mr. Chair, I will check, but I believe it is posted. It should be posted. All of our internal audits are posted on our website. If it's not, I can assure you it will be immediately, and I would be more than pleased to provide a copy to the committee.
One of the issues raised in that internal audit refers to the point I was making about the application to agents of Parliament of certain Treasury Board policies, which we believe is inappropriate. One of the examples is that in government, a minister has to approve all hospitality expenditures over $5,000. The office, as the auditor of government, has always taken the position that a minister should not be approving expenditures within our office. The largest expenditures we have are, for example, lock-ups around the tabling of our reports, staff training, and those types of issues. We believe it would be totally inappropriate for a minister to have the authority to influence whether or not that expenditure occurred.
That's one of the issues being raised.
To my mind, there is no expenditure on social events that is not appropriate. Obviously, when we have conferences or people are out of town, we have to pay for meals. But beyond that, there is none of that.
All that has been reviewed and dealt with. The rules have been, I would say, reinforced by our internal finance people. But to us, having a minister approve hospitality expenses in our office is inappropriate.