Mr. Speaker, I would like to straighten out a few facts. Foundations are asked to be audited, and they are audited on a regular basis. The departments responsible for those foundations have to ensure that those moneys are well spent.
It is not that the foundations are not audited. It is that the Auditor General cannot on her own go in and follow the money. That is what one says when one wants to have value for money audits. That is why we have been talking on this side about allowing the Auditor General to follow the money and not necessarily have to do the external audit every year, because she does not do the audits of every department every year. We should check with public accounting firms that can well do the audits. I think the problem would be solved if the Auditor General were allowed to do her own value for money audit.
I do not think the Auditor General has asked to be the external auditor of every foundation every year. I do not think that is in her report. However, she does want to have access to them, and we believe she should.