Thank you.
Mr. Ferguson, I know that you have had considerable experience and success in your previous field, prior to becoming the Auditor General of Canada. Can you advise the committee, then, whether it is standard auditing practice to conduct performance audits on a procurement that has yet to take place?
I know that you made some reference to this in your April 5 appearance before committee, but I was hoping that you could perhaps just expand on the uniqueness of this particular audit.