I would like us to expand on what you just said, as it's very interesting.
You say that this was not an oversight, but that the need to assess the action plan's impact was not established. I find that a bit surprising. In addition, this is not the first time we hear about people thinking that assessing the impact is not really useful or necessary. I'm not sure if drawing this parallel is appropriate, but I am thinking of the action plan to stimulate the economy. We saw in the latest report that the plan was very well managed. However, we ultimately did not know what the real impacts of this plan were on the economy, as no measures were implemented to determine whether the plan had truly stimulated the economy, and in what way.
Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Scrimger, you could perhaps help me understand. Shouldn't effective impact assessment be an automatic action when money is invested and an important action plan is implemented, regardless of its nature?