Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I think I would describe my approach as one of being fair, of trying to make sure I understood the issues in the particular audit, and of making sure that the auditors recognized that when making a recommendation, the recommendation needs to be something that can be implemented. I would always challenge the auditors, when they were making a recommendation, by asking, if you were on the receiving end of that recommendation, how would you implement it?
My technical approach wasn't different from anybody else's. I feel that I was fair in the approach. I delivered the tough messages when the tough messages needed to be delivered. And as I say, I think my performance is a matter of public record. I feel very good about the support I have right now in New Brunswick and the very nice things that a number of people in New Brunswick have been saying about me and about my performance when I was auditor general. That again is a matter of public record. People have said that I conducted myself in those five years with integrity, and I am very proud of that.
I am also very proud of the output we produced in that time period. Now that I am back inside the provincial government as Deputy Minister of Finance, it has been quite heartening to see the number of times that departments are coming forward with changes to their programs or changes to what they are doing and are referring back to reports of the auditor general from the time when I was auditor general.