Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First, I would like to thank all the witnesses who are here with us. We are very pleased that you are participating in the committee's work. I also thank your respective teams who helped you prepare for this meeting.
Mr. Chair, if I may, I would like to come back to the opening statement by Mr. Berthelette from the Office of the Auditor General, from which I will read an excerpt:
On the basis of our analysis, we found that all federal organizations chose to sell surplus assets rather than to extend their use by transferring them to other federal organizations. Efforts to transfer assets through GCTransfer accounted for just over 4% of total requests to sell or transfer assets during our audit period.
Ms. Lemay also mentioned in her opening remarks that “GCSurplus offers advice and guidance to departments on disposing of surplus assets.”
My first question is for you, Ms. Lemay.
Does your department provide advice to departments so that they use GCSurplus more than GCTransfer?