Thank you very much, Chair.
I've been poring through these public accounts. It's one of the most comprehensive documents on government spending that I've worked with. There's a lot of interesting information in it.
I want to jump to the issue of the Passport Canada revolving fund. I've been hearing a lot from constituents about concerns about passports and horrific failures in terms of service levels. I was interested to see how the money was being spent in the area of passports. This is on page 97 of volume III.
I was struck by a few things. Number one, if I'm reading this right, is that the numbers in brackets, which are most of the numbers, are still unaudited. Number two is that in both 2021 and 2022, the actual spending was way over the amount contained in the estimates. It was more than double in 2021 and still $100 million more in 2022.
What's going on here? Maybe I'll go to the Auditor General first and then the Department of Finance.
What's behind these seeming oddities I'm identifying here?