Public Accounts committee  We can follow up on this issue.

Public Accounts committee  I was just making a note to follow-up with the committee as to whether the report was made public after that pilot project. We'll find out, and we'll let the committee know.

Public Accounts committee  I'll summarize, using other words, what Mr. Hayes said about the independence mechanism. Basically, our funding mustn't be negotiated by us and the entities that we audit.

Public Accounts committee  I want to add a nuance.

Public Accounts committee  It would have been impossible to predict most, if not all, these things in 2011.

Public Accounts committee  Everything was stable in 2011. Ten years later, even if everything had remained normal, it would probably have been necessary—

Public Accounts committee  The total increase requested was $21 million.

Public Accounts committee  The first increase was $9 million, and the second increase was scheduled for the following year.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, because the $8.3 million actually included $7 million from our vote 1. I think that it was in the voted budgetary appropriations.

Public Accounts committee  I don't remember exactly when this type of mechanism was in place. I think that it was a pilot project, but it wasn't renewed. I'll ask Mr. Hayes to elaborate.

Public Accounts committee  I was just suggesting that Mr. Hayes—

Public Accounts committee  [Inaudible--Editor] there. Exactly, it's a capacity issue. We don't have the funding to be able to have a second team; to have a bit of leeway. We've talked at this committee over the years about the importance for us to be able to respond to requests that could come from this co

Public Accounts committee  The answer to that—and I'll ask Madame Thomas to add to this—is at the core of the discussion. It's a capacity issue, a funding issue. I'll let her explain those two specific files.

Public Accounts committee  If you don't mind, Mr. Chair, I'll ask Mr. Hayes to answer that.

Public Accounts committee  First of all, if you don't mind, I'll use some of your time, before I forget, to thank this committee for the support that has been provided to the office over the years. We're very thankful for that. Second, I want to be very clear. We will invest in training, in technology and