Thank you.
From here onwards, it will look like any other audit for Parliament and the committee. We will do our work as we always do. According to audit standards, we will have access to department officials, foundation officials and the information we need. If we have any problems, as always, we will report it to Parliament.
The decision we took to launch this audit was one we made on the basis of our independence. We will always protect our independence vigorously. The fact that we are here before this committee today.... I know it can be, at times, frustrating—our not being able to share preliminary findings and the like. However, it is important that we preserve the integrity of our audit process. The important steps of providing our report and appearing in front of the committee after it has been produced to transparently answer all those questions at that point are critical aspects of our work.
We look forward to being back here with the representatives of the department and the foundation at the end of our audit work.
Thank you very much.