Merci.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Let me just be as clear as I can that we don't negotiate our audit reports with the departments that we audit. We go through a rigorous process and an appropriate process and a professional process to show the facts upon which we're basing our conclusions and make sure that the department in question has the opportunity to engage us in a discussion on those facts.
If there are facts that they have that we have overlooked in any way, then we clarify it, and we amend our report appropriately based on the facts. But these are our reports and we stand behind every word in them. I just want to say that on the question of negotiation.
I'm not sure what the contradiction might have been that the member is referring to. I think it's probably important to re-emphasize that very often we audit something after it's done, and what we've done in this case, Mr. Chair, is audit something while it's in motion. So we're not in a position to say that projects were not completed in time.
An audit of this nature identifies risks. Given some of the things that we've seen, we think there are risks in place, particularly in relation to completion. Government departments are clearly on top of that and they're trying to monitor it. As for how that pans out, we'll see when we report in our next chapter. But we're very comfortable with the process we've been through in this audit and we think we've reflected our findings appropriately in the audit report.
Thank you.