I think I'm going to interrupt a little bit here. I think we need to recognize that we are sometimes getting into policy here, and we need to remember that the Auditor General's responsibility is not to determine the validity of the policy. It's to determine whether or not there is a way to deliver the listed policy in an effective manner. I think all of us on the committee have to remember that the parameters of the audit as listed were to look and see if there was, I suppose, some value for money, but if it's found in the conclusion that Canada did not develop and implement a national strategy to improve.... That's the focus of the audit.
Sometimes we get into the weeds on everything else and maybe that's a good time to ask the department, but the auditors are not going to give us a broad synopsis of connectivity in Canada. They're going to look at these very tight parameters, and I think that's what we have to drill down on if we're coming to the Auditor General. We can branch off to the different sectors on their way, but we shouldn't really even be going to the policy at all because the government sets the policy, departments deliver, and auditors check to see if departments have delivered.
If I'm a Conservative and I don't like a Liberal policy, that's neither here nor there at this committee. The government sets a policy, the departments deliver on it, and the auditors ask, did they do it in the best way possible?
If we're going to ask about the process, you can ask the auditors about their audit, but everything else should go to the departments.
Mr. Graham.