Madam Speaker, this is the proverbial challenge. The Auditor General, particularly under the current Prime Minister, has publicly asked for more funding to keep in line with the amount of spending that has happened. This is the same Prime Minister who has 40% more public servants and has seen a 200% increase in the use of consultants. For the program spending we have seen, some may think it was okay. Some may have some concerns about what was spent during the COVID period, where we went from an average budget under Mr. Harper of around $250 billion to, in some cases, topping $700 billion in a single-year budget.
The Auditor General has not had the resources to do exactly what the member said, which is to really go through that file 100%. She has said publicly the Prime Minister and his cabinet will not support her allocation so she can do the job commensurate with the amount government has grown under the Prime Minister.