Thank you.
I will take a few seconds to respond to your two motions.
The second motion calls on the Auditor General to conduct a study. That's straightforward. It's up to the committee to decide whether it wants to support the motion and send a request to the Office of the Auditor General for that purpose. We can debate that another day, at a later meeting.
Your first motion is a little trickier. According to committee rules, for a study to be done, it usually has to be related to a report from the Auditor General of Canada, Ms. Hogan. We did some research to see if it was possible in this case, but we really didn't find anything.
We have a solution to offer you. During our Public Accounts studies in 2024 or 2025, we gave members of all political parties the opportunity to invite the heads of certain programs to appear before the committee and answer our questions. There is no report stemming from those appearances. Members are given an opportunity to ask questions. For example, for a few years now, the official opposition has been asking Bank of Canada officials to come and testify before the committee to talk about public accounts expenditures.
That's what I suggest for this motion. Otherwise, I think it goes beyond the committee's jurisdiction.
Based on responses provided to committee members by certain departments, the heads of the programs concerned may appear before other committees for investigation. We can then raise certain points and ask questions in the House of Commons. However, our committee can't really proceed with this study, because it isn't related to any report from the Auditor General.