Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee this morning.
We are here to put questions to the representatives of government institutions concerning the proper management of public funds. Upon reading the Auditor General's report, I have some questions and I would like you to reassure me.
In fact, we are talking about housing. In the report, we see that you have about 12,000 housing units in 25 cities. In paragraph 5.27 of the report, I see that in 2010, you hired a group of consultants, and they felt that you needed 5,800 units to meet your needs effectively. Paragraph 5.28 of the report states that “senior military officials did not agree with the report's conclusion.”
There is a report which some people do not accept, and it says here that you need 11,858 units in 25 locations. The Auditor General found that no specific methodology was used to arrive at that figure.
Could you simply explain all this to us, and tell us what the process was, and what the real needs are for National Defence housing?