But you didn't have any responsibility for the agency prior to that. It's how I framed the question; in other words, my intention would not be to ask you what happened before if you weren't there. That's why I wanted you to clarify that you didn't perhaps have another position inside, so I could ask you to review the question in that way.
Let me take you to page 19 of the Auditor General's spring report, chapter 6, under 6.77. I'll read the first half and I will give a quick quote from the bottom. It says:
The Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency has not managed and delivered selected economic development transfer payment programs in accordance with key requirements of the Policy on Transfer Payments. The Agency’s administration of contribution agreements is weak, monitoring of recipients is inadequate, and the Agency has not measured and reported on whether its programs are achieving their objectives.
I don't think that's a standout recommendation of an agency that's performing well.
I will go on to say, because the Auditor General did say it in the chapter, and I know that my friends across the way will point to it, but let me do it first:
However, the Agency has begun to address these issues. In 2012....
It goes on to talk about how those issues were addressed.
In your limited time there you seem to have made efforts to implement some things. I recognize it is a very short period of time, Ms. King. July to December is not a very long period of time to try to measure in comparison to what really was—if one has to give it a grade—about a D minus for the first half, obviously before you arrived prior to 2012.
Where do you see yourself now in that transition to perhaps getting closer to a passing grade?