Thank you, Ms. Poulin.
Right now, we clearly have an elephant in the room. You talk of the future. Everyone is talking of the future. We're told that directives were issued in December and that they're going to change the way things are done. The fact remains that the rules have been in place for a number of years in the Government of Canada. The Treasury Board is there to put rules in place. Public Services and Procurement Canada establishes the contracts and the departments then make their purchases.
During the COVID‑19 crisis, Jean-Yves Duclos was president of the Treasury Board. Given the follow-up that had to be done, a lot of questions were asked about the various contracts awarded. However, when we asked Mr. Duclos, he always seemed to say that it wasn't really the Treasury Board's responsibility.
Ms. Hogan, as Auditor General, what do you feel the Treasury Board's responsibilities are in a situation like this?