Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much to the committee for a very good, solid set of questions and observations. Thanks as well to the Auditor General and her staff.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Lake. If you look overall over the last 10 years, the surplus has been in the neighbourhood of the $8 billion to $10 billion range. That reduces the accumulated deficit, and that obviously provides some additional space. I've asked my colleague from the Department

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. I don't know. Paul, do you?

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Wrzesnewskyj, on page 2.24 of volume I there's a table that shows the receivables, and it breaks it out by individuals, employers, corporations, and non-residents. It shows the allowance for doubtful accounts against each one of those categories. That w

Public Accounts committee  I know CIDA is currently revising and having a look at how they're presenting information, to try to make it more understandable, easier to do performance assessments, and so forth. I know they're going through that process. They're working on being more accountable. They've told

Public Accounts committee  This is on the revenue estimation process. You are right, the methodology must be revised so that revenue estimations are better. We are currently revising the process, in conjunction with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Sweet. John.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Sweet. I'll ask my colleagues to jump in if I don't have this right. I believe this figure actually would reflect those claims for which Indian and Northern Affairs Canada has actually gone through and attached a value to each possible claim. If I understand corre

Public Accounts committee  Perhaps I'm not understanding the question appropriately.

Public Accounts committee  I believe this figure does reflect the 71. Can we confirm that for you, Mr. Sweet, just to make sure we've answered correctly?

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for that question. It has been a big challenge for us to make sure we get the right folks. My predecessor, Mr. St-Jean, put a huge focus on that over the last two or three years. We have a program to bring in new finance officers and audit officers. In the last five ye

Public Accounts committee  Yes, Mr. Hubbard. I know that with CIDA, of course, a lot of their programs are grants and contributions, and people wonder what kind of impact it is having. That's one issue. From an accounting point of view, I think we can say...and I think they probably have a fair amount of

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for that question. I'll just ask my colleagues to jump in if I don't have this right. For big equipment and capital equipment, basically it's the historical cost that has been depreciated. So it's like a net book value. For example, at the Department of National Defenc

Public Accounts committee  That's absolutely correct.

Public Accounts committee  That's correct.