Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to all.
I think we can honestly say that there should be some sincere thanks and gratitude to both levels of participants here. Obviously, at the urging of the Office of the Auditor General and with the adherence of Public Works and Government Services, it's a clear demonstration that government should work and can work. I appreciate the fair comments of my colleagues across the floor. Even though I sit on the government side, I can assure you that if this were a damning report, I would join the chorus of criticism as well. But congratulations to all.
There's not a lot here that I'm going to go on about, other than a few small points I would like a little bit of clarity on. Perhaps you could give some guidance on these.
If there is an occasional blip, when something isn't done right and it's either in error or in breach of a contract and the government hasn't been well served by it, how do you decide when and where to try to seek recompense from a person who has unduly taken advantage of the government? In other words, when do you get involved legally? Do you have a threshold on which you act if you've lost $25,000, for example, or if a contractor has not been in accordance with his contract, and you've overpaid by $100,000? Where do you try to get the money back, and what process do you use?