Canadian Heritage committee  We audit the museums under a different regime from the performance audits. We do, as I mentioned, the annual financial audits, and then we carry out special examinations. If there were to be issues that came up in the special examinations that were common to all the museums we mi

Canadian Heritage committee  Not necessarily.

Canadian Heritage committee  Where it would come up especially is in the five-year special examination. That report is given to the board but is also made public now; it would be available for parliamentarians. That would be one area. If there were an impact on the financial result or an area of real signifi

Canadian Heritage committee  Do you want to add anything, Mr. Flageole?

Canadian Heritage committee  One thing this makes me think is that we could perhaps in our special examinations look to ensure that the summaries adequately reflect more details—

Canadian Heritage committee  —and that all the important information is brought forward into the summary.

Canadian Heritage committee  No. We are now auditors or co-auditors of all crown corporations. We have been doing a financial audit of Telefilm for a number of years. Telefilm wasn't previously subject and will now be subject to a special examination once every five years as well, so we will be conducting th

Canadian Heritage committee  No; they would simply be one aspect of the department.

Canadian Heritage committee  There was a risk that there could be credits given yet the people shouldn't have received them. So we were saying they needed to tighten that up.

Canadian Heritage committee  We have looked at other programs in the department. We recently did a follow-up on grants and contributions across government, which included a program in Heritage Canada. We found that it was being managed well. We could easily come back with other issues. I think what we would

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. For the museums, we do an annual financial audit. And as is the case with now all crown corporations, once every five years they have to undergo what is called a special examination. We actually have to give an opinion as to whether there are any significant deficiencies in

Canadian Heritage committee  My understanding is that you receive a summary of the plans.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, I wasn't aware of that.

Canadian Heritage committee  On that question, I would answer by saying we actually have access to a lot more information than parliamentarians do.

Canadian Heritage committee  When we conduct our audits, for example, we have access to all the classified secret information. This is a question we've been raising, that parliamentarians really need to have a vehicle whereby you can have access to that information. If we do reports that are unclassified, we