Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
On the one hand, this report tells us there is a risk of systems breaking down, which would be followed by serious consequences. On the other hand, some people, like Mr. Young a little earlier, say that there has never been an incident and that the system works well. So I wonder why we need to massively invest in this sector.
I want to take this report seriously. To do so, today I should have heard each of you not only commit to receiving reports, priority updates and risk assessments, but also a contingency plan, including investments which will have to be made in the coming months.
Perhaps I did not listen closely enough, but I did not hear that. Each of your departments and agencies—
You will have to identify something like 5% of cuts, because the government needs to decrease its deficit. A large part of your operations cost is linked to technology of information, so I have a lot of concerns.
If we take this report seriously and then you come with an urgency plan where you identify investment in the coming months, and you say we need to invest more in order to satisfy the risk that the Auditor General identified, will you continue to say in 2012 that you will have reports and priorities? In the meantime, you will have to identify cuts, and maybe the cuts will be in exactly these systems.
Madam Auditor General—I have very little time—are you not concerned to see that there is such a feeble sense of urgency despite what you say in your report?