Let me switch tacks to the tax expenditure piece. The obvious question comes up for many folks. I've already been asked it by somebody in the riding, “Why do we need to report it? It's a tax expenditure.”
Can you explain for us, Mr. Auditor General, exactly the need for that type of reporting on a tax expenditure? Why would it be important, and why indeed, as your recommendation states, should it be sent to parliamentarians for their approval?