Great. Thank you, Chair.
To pick up where I was, I will come back to Mr. Brown, but I have just a quick comment.
I know there are Treasury Board folks here today. They know that Wednesday is not going to be a good day for them. It will be interesting to see how that goes, because simple answers are not going to suffice. We're going to want some pretty exhaustive responses to these issues, because a lot of them go right back to them.
The other thing I wanted to say was that I really like what we're hearing. I will give Mr. Brown a chance to close off my questioning, because I really liked what he said about the engagement and the ongoing aspect of it.
The issue of “one and done” is something we've dealt with many times here, the idea that as long as people can get through the public hearing, they're safe—one and done—and they don't ever have to worry about it again. We have measures in place to make sure that's not quite so easy to do anymore, and they're beginning to understand that.
One of the things we should state is the possibility that if everybody suddenly has gotten religion on this and is coming in saying all the right things, then it behooves us to then ask the Auditor General to go back in or to put in our own requirements for responses to see how they're doing, to make sure that it's not just words, and then separate out those who have not yet drunk the Kool-Aid that we want them to drink from those who have, those who are only saying they did and are not actually making changes.
This is serious stuff. This committee is not going anywhere until the next election. We're going to be continuing to pursue this issue of data and of making sure that it's collected properly, that it's up to date, and that it's analyzed in a way that actually improves things. We're going to be like a dog with a bone on this going forward.
That being said, Mr. Brown, I give you the opportunity to close off my remarks.