Thank you.
The reason why I asked these questions is that, last year, I focused on losses within government, including the loss of equipment such as BlackBerrys, laptop computers, suitcases and memory sticks.
In your response to the committee, which we received this morning, you state that improvements have been made to various internal controls. As well, the government has to incur a number of expenditures to rectify mistakes made by public servants.
An article in Ms. Thompson's newspaper compiles a long list of problems. Just think about the widely reported story of the lost gold bullions, the explanations that were reported recently in the newspapers and the amount of money that people were forced to pay. I have read that some $300,000 were paid to Deloitte & Touche to carry out audits.
Are those some of the changes that you suggested to the various departments in order for them to improve their controls?