Could I please actually explain to you so that I can give you some level of comfort about the opening statements?
I arrived here on Monday morning. The Auditor General's opening statement was already prepared. It was just coincidence, I have to tell you, that the word “comprehensive” got in there. The reason it is classed as comprehensive—and I think any audit office would say it—is that it covers every one of the practices and most of the support services that support the practices.
I'd also like to make the point that, from the point of view of the independent nature of it, perhaps it also helps the committee to know that I've personally been involved in a number of peer reviews, and I have been led by Canada, and I can assure you that everyone on that team brings to them a level of experience and professional judgment.
Equally, when it comes to making the findings of those reviews, they are done and treated with the respect they deserve. There is no collusion. There is no point where we sit down and argy-barge over what they are. We will do our utmost—