Thank you.
I have just spent the past two weeks going through these accounts. Indeed, I have to correct my colleague: the books are not three inches thick, they are eight inches thick. As the Auditor General is aware, our meeting last week focused on intellectual property. The Auditor General revealed government mismanagement of innovation.
I do not know whether you have as yet had the opportunity to read the committee blues, but a number of questions are raised. Among other questions, the cost to the federal government of this mismanagement was raised. Often, parties have to undertake legal action to protect their intellectual property.
I was wondering whether you have looked specifically at this question. A number of witnesses, including the deputy minister for Treasury Board, wanted this question to be brought to your attention.