Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This audit was all about balance, the balance that Corrections Canada establishes among its three major roles: custody, rehabilitation, and operating an efficient and economical organization. We were concerned in the audit to find that we felt things were out of balance.
It's important to realize that to the extent that funds are spent in an economically inefficient way, those are funds that are ultimately not available in support of custody and rehabilitation; it's not just efficiency and economy for their own sake.
I think we're encouraged by the quite detailed and time-specific responses that management has given to our recommendations and by their and Mr. Head's clear commitment to re-establish the balance that needs to be there in terms of attention to the economy and efficiency of operations.
We look forward to coming back in the future and reporting on the progress they have made.