Government Operations committee  With respect to how the government reports financially, as I said, there is the “Fiscal Monitor” that's done on a monthly basis. There are the quarterly financial reports. There are also the end-of-year public accounts. In framing the response to your question, I think it's impo

Government Operations committee  Correct. Yes, I am.

Government Operations committee  Mr. McCauley, we're absolutely committed to financial transparency, as you know.

Government Operations committee  In terms of the response, we wanted to balance three things. We wanted to make sure that we achieved transparency, we were doing it in a way that was clear and useful for the committee, and it was in a timely fashion. From our standpoint—

Government Operations committee  Mr. McCauley, the purpose of our being here.... This is the first hour we could be here from your motion. We wanted to ensure that we not only appeared before the 23rd, but also appeared able to deliver any incremental information that you and the committee would be seeking. From

Government Operations committee  —some runway for the translation to ensure that we're providing [Technical difficulty—Editor].

Government Operations committee  I do not recall ever making fun of this committee or making any reference—

Government Operations committee  No, I don't recall ever making a comment about providing—

Government Operations committee  Well, we have a tightened system that is able to produce this information—

Government Operations committee  I don't—

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon to you and committee members. It is a pleasure to be back today in the earliest slot possible, and I'm happy to be joined by Roger Ermuth, assistant comptroller general, from our Office of the Comptroller General. I'll be brief in my remar

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  What you're asking for effectively is just the federal stockpile. I don't have the breakdown between the federal and the list of provinces and the territories, Mr. Green. I'm happy to go back—

Government Operations committee  Different departments, of course, are responsible for their implementation of the initiatives. When you—

Government Operations committee  Through the CFMRS, certainly, as departments report and so forth, and we have our own informal tracking that we—