Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank all the guests who are before our committee today for providing their testimony.
My first question is to the Auditor General's office. Exhibit 2.2 on page 7 of the AG's report gives a summary of the number of items that were requested to be transferred or sold per federal organization. The numbers are all over the map.
I know that CRA operates under different policies that they developed because they're not subject to the Surplus Crown Assets Act. With respect to the other departments, you see Shared Services Canada at a ratio of one to three, for example. For every item they transfer, three are sold. In contrast, if you look at the RCMP, for every item they transfer, 133 items are sold. For every item Public Services and Procurement Canada transfers, 24 are sold.
Can the AG shed light on this discrepancy? Is it simply the culmination of individual actions within those departments? Is there any factor that relates to the type of assets and whether they are more easily sold or transferred than others, or are we dealing with comparable or similar items when we track these assets?