Mr. Speaker, another day and another public relations stunt from the opposition.
Let us look at what the interim Auditor General said in his report. I would remind you, Mr. Speaker, that the Auditor General is an independent officer of Parliament, mandated to report to this House. The report says:
--no evidence to suggest that it was a deliberate attempt to mislead.
It also says:
I’m not aware of any specific law that was broken.
The Auditor General has made some fair observations about the process with which the estimates are presented to this House, and how grants and contributions programs could be administered. We fully accept that good counsel and will be following it in the future.