Good, okay. You can expect that we'll be incorporating that in our report and looking for some detailed follow-up.
I want to go back to Mr. Parker's opening remarks. He said, and I quote, that Shared Services Canada “was created to modernize information technology infrastructure services to ensure a secure...”. The first word that Mr. Parker used was “secure”. So the services were there to ensure, and I continue the quote, “a secure and reliable platform for the delivery of digital services to Canadians.”
The Auditor General said, even this morning, “In addition, we found that Shared Services Canada rarely established expectations or provided sufficient information to partners on core elements of security. This is important, because Shared Services Canada plays an important role in implementing Government of Canada security policies, directives, standards...”.
My question for Mr. Parker is, if ever there was a buzzword of this era it's “security” and it was used as the first word. So why the deficiency? Why does the Auditor General find out that you weren't in touch and providing sufficient information on the core elements of security?
My second question is for Treasury Board, the ones who are supposed to make sure they do it. Why did they fail in their job in making sure they didn't do it in the first place?