Public Accounts committee  The Auditor General quite rightly pointed out that our policies and processes were not documented or formalized in the way that they should be. By the end of March, they will be. Once again, as suggested, our practices were in compliance. However, she quite rightly points out that they should have been more formal.

Public Accounts committee  The corporation, not myself. I don't have 56 years; the corporation has 56 years of experience.

Public Accounts committee  The corporation has operated for 56 years under a series of memoranda of understanding with the Department of National Defence. In those memoranda—

Public Accounts committee  Absolutely. In accordance with our mandate and our working arrangement with the department, Defence Construction has always taken responsibility for industrial security on defence projects once those security requirements have been identified. The instant the department identifies the requirements, we safeguard the sensitive information—

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, honourable committee members, I am very pleased to be able to speak to you today. As some of you are not very familiar with Defence Construction Canada, I would like to take this opportunity to tell you a bit more about the company. Defence Construction's mandate pursuant to the Defence Production Act is to deliver defence projects related to physical infrastructure.