Let me just say, on the same principle here, that I'm wondering what is in our ability as a public accounts committee to make a difference. If Mr. Whalen and Ms. Mendès and the government side are saying that we make the request, that we put forward a mechanism as a suggestion.... Because it's really going to take the executive level to say, okay, we're going to do this. We can't take a simple vote and now it's done. It's going to take the executive branch to step up.
If we are willing to make a unanimous letter laying out exactly the problems as all parties, as all members of this committee, see them, is that enough? To be quite frank, you know how—you've been there, you've done it—the wheels of government turn very slowly. If we can get a unanimous letter suggesting this type of mechanism that would allow the Auditor General that ability.... We see money. This is not a time of austerity. We are not in a recession—