Thank you.
I have a couple of quick comments and then my question.
I want to say a big thank you to the clerk and the analyst. They did a fantastic job last time, and I think they are actually the best on the Hill, so thanks very much for that.
Also, I think somebody talked about efficiency and effectiveness, so I have just a quick comment on that. Having served one tour of duty on public accounts, I would say that after a little bit of a rough patch, I think we really found our stride towards the end of the Parliament. I can remember a committee meeting where, to the credit of the vice-chair, she was much more vehement with the questions than I was, and if you had looked at this without seeing our name tags, you would have thought I was a Liberal and she was a Conservative, and I think that's when a committee really works best.
Now I will go to my question. One thing I've thought about and would like to get your comment on is the extent to which, if any at all, it is the job of the committee to hold not only the department to account but also the auditor by questioning the audit and how the audit was performed. I'd love to get your comments on that.