Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for being here with your colleagues. We certainly appreciate the work you do.
You will note, sir, that the moment the report findings came out, the Government of Canada took action. We absolutely want to have due diligence, oversight, and transparency in the work we do. That's why the work you do is so very valuable to us, so that we can better serve the citizens of Canada.
And I thank you for that.
I don't want to belabour the point, but you have referenced, on a few occasions, “substantive” costs and “indicative” costs. Could you give a thumbnail sketch that somebody over the fence, when I'm talking back home, will understand? What are substantive costs? What are indicative costs, as you've used them in this context?