Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Richard, thank you very much for your testimony and for all the work your members do every day to ensure that taxpayers get their money's worth. That is an extremely important task.
My first question is about something you raised in your opening remarks—the fact that the public service is increasingly contracting out. In what way does that make the work of your members more difficult when it comes to providing financial advice and guidance on government programs, when a lot of the contracts are carried out outside the public service?