Thank you, Chair.
Mr. Ferguson, thank you for being here. I read your CV and was very impressed. The selection process for the next Auditor General of Canada has been a very thorough, national search, and I want to congratulate you on being nominated for this position.
Regrettably, there have been some who have prejudged your suitability for this position and even before you were here today said they will not be supporting you. As I said, I find that regrettable.
I'd like to focus on the selection criteria that was established. There were 28 points, and one of those was language skills. I too need to improve my French, but yours is far better than mine. I'd like to focus on those 28 points, so I'm just going to go through them quickly, and you can make comments on whether you see yourself as being suitable.
From the briefing and CV, it appears to me you are very qualified and very capable of doing audits, and would do a good job for this country, but the selection criteria begins with your having a degree from a recognized university, preferably from a university specializing in accounting. Do you have that?