Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here.
Ms. Hogan, it's good to see you again. I think I saw you at the environment committee a few years ago.
You might be aware that at the immigration committee, we recently concluded a study on backlogs in the immigration department, so this audit's very timely. It also lines up well, I think, with what Conservatives have been saying and where we stand on this issue.
I'm concerned about exhibit 9.7, which shows some of the decreases in inventory from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. What it shows that's disturbing to me is the increase in the age of the inventory, particularly at the end of the year. It indicates to me that the department's not following a first-in, first-out type of system, because the ending inventory's age is quite a bit higher. You actually said, in paragraph 9.20, that this is “contrary to its operating principle.”
My question to you is this: Why is there no recommendation in the report dealing with this?