Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, which is the oversight committee of Parliament, I feel a little wounded because the role of the Auditor General is to come before the public accounts committee, and the spring report has been tabled.
I think Mr. Valeriote—your colleague, Mr. Easter—set the precedent when on the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs he moved a similar motion to what you're moving now, that the Auditor General appear before the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs specific to veterans' mental health. When I explained to Mr. Valeriote that he should actually request that his colleague on the public accounts committee study the report there, that he should be a witness before that committee and question not only the Auditor General but also the officials, Mr. Valeriote graciously accepted. The public accounts committee studied that report and Mr. Valeriote was a very capable witness.
I believe that should remain within the purview of the public accounts committee, and I encourage you to speak with your colleague on that committee and have her bring that report forward to study.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.