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Auditor General, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to your House of Commons.
I want to echo Mr. Lefebvre, who complimented you quite rightly on your French, Mr. Ferguson. You are really a model and an inspiration for everyone in the public service.
I, of course, listened to your comments. I would like to discuss four points with you.
By way of introduction, I want to say that it is always interesting to audit the auditor. This reminds me that when I was a journalist, I did a report on the Quebec Auditor General. As a first question I asked him who audited him. So we have this opportunity to do that together.
As a first point, you refer to the number of reports you have signed. There were 88. There are 555 staff members in your office, which has a budget of $92 million. Do you assess your reports in terms of the funds you have, or is it rather that since each report is unique, you have no budgetary target when you are given a mandate and must produce a report?