Thank you, Chair.
Welcome, Mr. Ferguson and your team, to our committee.
I'm going to focus on chapter 7, which is on the office of the ombudsman for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian forces.
In chapter 7 you concluded that the:
Office of the Ombudsman for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces...had inadequate controls for financial management, contracting, and human resource management in carrying out its mandate....
In your remarks, on line 27, you state:
After 2012, the workplace environment stabilized, and efforts to close long-standing files were successful.
Can you speak to how these issues are being addressed under the current ombudsman?