Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much, Auditor General Hogan—and your team—for the work that you have done under what I know are, very often, challenging circumstances.
I'm struck by two of the comments in your remarks.
First is the concluding one that, basically, the government should not need a crisis to understand the importance of prompt action. I would summarize that with “penny-wise and pound foolish” as an expression that we do need to invest and spend the funds necessary to bolster systems.
Earlier on, you said that you are concerned that, if challenges and delays continue in the modernization and transformation of the IT systems, decisions could be made “to remove aspects of transformation or take shortcuts” to maintain the timelines or budget. These decisions have not been made, at this time, but they could be made in the future.
Can you please talk to us about...? First of all, address the difference between modernization and transformation with regard to information technology systems. Then, with reference to report seven, what investments, in total, have you seen being done where they're helpful? Where are the gaps, and where do you see that improvements need to be made?