Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. In 2004, we made that observation. In 2012, the agency conducted an audit and came to the same conclusion. In 2015, when we went to the agency, it had begun to receive suggestions from its employees on how to resolve the issues. Of course, I cannot a

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for your question. The information contained in the report refers to the state of affairs on June 30, 2017. The department informed us that the situation was improving, but, as I'm sure you can appreciate, we weren't able to verify whether that was in fact the case. Y

Public Accounts committee  Thank you very much. The situation in Queensland was, fortunately for them, a little different, because it concerned only one department as opposed to 101 departments, so it was easier to establish a sole point of leadership within the department. What is really different in tha

Public Accounts committee  The move of employee files to Miramichi from the 46 departments occurred in three waves, starting in 2012 and going all the way up to the rollout of Phoenix. As you can see on the graph, with the employees going over to Miramichi, there's an increase in the number of employees wi

Public Accounts committee  We spoke with each of these people, and they told us that they believed that the system was working as intended. They had a certain vision of how the system should work and were basically sticking to it.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  All I can tell you is that they did not pass on all the information they had.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  This information was ascertained on the basis of the documents we have and conversations with a variety of individuals.

Public Accounts committee  We asked one individual, and they basically said that they did.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you very much for the question. According to what we've seen, the designation process ends with the designation. Insofar as the government's policies and laws are concerned, the designation does not lead to an increase in the funding allocated to conservation. To conserve

Public Accounts committee  Exactly.

Public Accounts committee  We didn't audit that specific part, obviously. What I would say, though, is that we made a specific recommendation regarding designation and conservation. We're not suggesting that the government should be investing more funds to conserve the existing buildings; what we're sayin

Public Accounts committee  I think Mr. Berthelette mentioned earlier the question of management. In the case of the conservation of heritage buildings, to be very honest with you, it just wasn't a priority of the departments. However, we stressed to them, as we did in our previous audits, that we will be c