Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First of all, I would like to reassure Mr. Hayes, who asked a very relevant question.
When I spoke with the Auditor General, it was not in a partisan fashion. I think that the Auditor General—and he can confirm this—can talk to any MPs who wishes to do so. In my case, I had a document that was published by the Conference Board of Canada and it was a faulty document. I therefore asked the most appropriate person to help me with this, and the Auditor General acted as he would have done for any other MP. I therefore do not think that I have overstepped my boundaries.
Mr. Ferguson, with respect to point 7, you mentioned that you carried out a follow-up concerning ten recommendations and that only five of them were implemented, when your objective was 75%. Were the recommendations that were adopted the most important ones, or did these people only adopt the easiest ones?
How do you explain this lack of follow through? When someone receives a recommendation from the Auditor General, it should be fully adopted. You set an objective of 75%, but the result was only 50%? Is that because of administrative incompetence among the individuals who need to follow these directives, or is it simply political sloppiness?