Public Accounts committee  There are two aspects to this recommendation. The first one is capturing all the expenditures related to housing. Just so you know, as an agency I have to publish an annual report. In there I have financial statements that are published. This has been in place since the beginning of the agency.

Public Accounts committee  It is.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, it is. In terms of business planning, which is the second part of that recommendation, as Mr. Pitfield said before, the department now has approved funding through the business cycle. The regular business cycle process has approved funding for the next three years for the agency.

Public Accounts committee  No.

Public Accounts committee  There is one.

Public Accounts committee  It has to be reviewed, and the changes may be quite substantive given the operational needs.

Public Accounts committee  There is an internal consultation.

Public Accounts committee  The chiefs of military personnel of the three sectors, the army, the navy and the air force are the ones who are determining the needs. As for the plan to meet operational needs, my assistant deputy minister Mr. Pitfield, the agency and I will develop it. We are going to work on parallel tracks, but of course there will also be a lot of consultation.

Public Accounts committee  In the private sector; they live in the private sector.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  I'd like to add to this. We work in parallel. It is not as though I were waiting for this with my arms crossed. We will certainty work in parallel, except that we must have an approved policy that reflects the direction the government wants to take.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The first question was about the people and how they are selected. They are not selected. This is strictly their choice. They have the option to go live in the economy, as we say, in the private sector, or to come and ask for a house from the agency locally.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  In housing? Yes. Military families move around.

Public Accounts committee  To give you a number, we turn over about 3,500 families a year out of 12,000. There's a lot of movement every year. Some people, though, have longer postings than others, so they may stay longer, but it could be two or three years. They may decide to move when the economy.... Again, it's totally their choice.