Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This file highlights some important things. I would like to reread our recommendation 5:
That, by 31 January 2026, Employment and Social Development Canada provide the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts with a breakdown of the total project estimate for fiscal years 2017 to 2025 and actual expenditures as at 31 December 2024, or based on the most recent data, by type of cost and including the cost for internal salaries, professional services, including professional service fees and travel expenses, software and IT infrastructure, internal services, additional Shared Services Canada costs and sales tax.
Perhaps we can expect to see the 2025 data shortly as well.
I'll give an example to explain why I think it's important to get this data. In the appendix on page 18 of the English version of the report, Table A.1 shows travel expenses in the order of $48,978,755, or a cost overrun of close to $50 million in travel expenses. I don't think that's due to inflation, contrary to Minister MacKinnon's arrogant response claiming that it only affected a few seniors and there were possible computer failures.
It is absolutely essential to be able to see the breakdown of this type of expenditure, because, at the end of the day, taxpayers are the ones who are directly affected by the lack of services, but also by skyrocketing costs.