Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon.
We took a look back to 2015, and since I've been with the committee, it has never conducted a study on the Office of the Governor General or the expenditures of the governor general. There are two spending items, one for daily duties—which is overseen by the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General—and one for general expenditures, which are sometimes funded by the Department of National Defence for trips abroad, or by the Department of Canadian Heritage for a few facilities and ceremonies.
As far back as 2015, there have been none. We examined a few old reports, but we didn't find anything. In 2003‑04, however, the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates did conduct a study on the role, mandate and estimates of the governor general. This committee has not done any, but others may have.