Thank you, Chair.
I would say we were very pleased with the results of this audit as well, which shows that Public Works is managing its contracts for professional services. The awarding of those is as one would expect, and they are doing it very well.
Reference has been made to the 2003 report. I would just caution that the comments we made were related to a very specific program, and in fact, in that report we indicated that one of the problems was that the program was managed outside the normal processes of Public Works. I don't remember the exact words, but we did say in the report that there were actually pretty rigorous control systems in place and that if the program had been managed through those systems and practices in that department, we questioned if the irregularities we found would have occurred. It is very important not to generalize the audit finding around the sponsorship program to the whole management within the Department of Public Works. We tried to be very clear at the time and since then that it was not a reflection of the way public servants in Public Works did business, and that was what in fact made it so unusual at the time.