Public Accounts committee  I would say that from our perspective it was an excellent opportunity. The department developed a departmental action plan to respond to the request, and it was the beginning, actually, of improving the relationships we have with our stakeholders and improving the processes we have in our department.

Public Accounts committee  I would say ours is very similar to Don's. At the HRSDC department we have a risk-based approach to three specific areas: financial reporting, payments, and monitoring. Similarly, we use a number of factors to determine the risk base for each of those components. As well, as Don said, throughout the life cycle of a project, if a project is a three-year project, we can take the opportunity to look at that risk over the period of time.