Public Accounts committee  I will file it today, yes, Chair.

Public Accounts committee  Actually, Mr. Chair, I anticipated this question. I brought a summary of the management control framework that is currently under way within the Canadian Forces. I can provide a copy of the management framework to the committee.

Public Accounts committee  After we do a file assessment, Mr. Chair, of all of the files, and if there are members we feel should be reimbursed who are in that situation, I believe that an adjudication process would be necessary afterward to determine who pays.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, for those files that we review and find that an employee should not have been charged, they will be reimbursed. That is correct.

Public Accounts committee  I understand your concern.

Public Accounts committee  I will get back to you. I just want to be certain of the legal mechanisms.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Williams, my concern is for the Canadian Forces members, and we're going to take care of our members.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, yes, all those files are going to be reviewed individually.

Public Accounts committee  All those files are going to be reviewed individually, and those members will be reimbursed.

Public Accounts committee  The members will be reimbursed.

Public Accounts committee  I'll have to get back to you, Mr. Williams, in answer to your question.

Public Accounts committee  Rear Admiral.

Public Accounts committee  As I mentioned earlier, we fully concur with the findings made by the Auditor General. We are taking action. I've already started taking action. In fact in November 2005 our own department's internal financial compliance section identified concerns with controls in place, and we

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, the Auditor General's observations were absolutely correct. There were some 500,000 transactions per year on the zero balance account. We have since taken steps to ensure that those transactions are monitored appropriate to the financial accountabilities that are withi

Public Accounts committee  They are going to be monitoring each transaction such that we can compare the transaction to the individual member who is actually conducting the move. If I'm a member of the Canadian Forces and I'm engaged in a posting from one area to another, a file will have been started on m