Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome.
On the surface, the report seems highly critical of Agriculture and Agri-Food's management of timelines. Mr. Auditor General, even in your opening statements, if somebody didn't read the full report, they were critical of timelines as well. In reality the problem area seems to be the initial 45-day assessment period. There are two components. There's the 45-day assessment period and then there's the nine-month payment period. The problem area, if I'm reading this correctly, seems quite obviously to be in the assessment phase. As a matter of fact, you mention in paragraph 8.27 there's an average of 126 days versus 45 days in terms of assessments. That being said, the department met its nine-month target for payments 84% of the time.
Is that correct?