Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. As you said, our audit period was from January 2018 to January 2020. During the subsequent events, we found that the pandemic had an impact. There were some work disruptions, but other work was still done in the offices. Again, it's too early to tell

Public Accounts committee  I can start, and then if Mr. Swales has anything to add, he certainly can. What we found during the audit was that in fact the risk management tools that were being used to assess the risks were inadequate. They were taking too much time, resulted in duplication and produced to

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for your question. Ms. Thomas and I must pay close attention, since we share the same name. We identified several issues during our audit. First, we noted persistent shipbuilding delays. The construction, design and development weren't necessarily managed properly whe

Public Accounts committee  We looked at whether the fleet of vessels was being renewed in a timely manner. We identified some weaknesses in terms of human resources. The departments have a plan in place to determine whether these weaknesses persist.

Public Accounts committee  Since we focused on timelines, we didn't do much work with regard to the experts. I can't answer that question.

Public Accounts committee  Excuse me. As a result of technical difficulties, I didn't hear which recommendation you referred to.

Public Accounts committee  We found that the shipyards and departments learned from this experience in the early years of construction. While we have concerns, we hope that the measures will work. It's still too early to comment on that.

Public Accounts committee  Madam Chair, thank you for this opportunity to present the results of our audit of the national shipbuilding strategy. Joining me is Nicholas Swales, the principal responsible for the audit, and Chantal Thibaudeau, the director who led the audit team. The Royal Canadian Navy and

Public Accounts committee  With respect to cybersecurity, for example, I can talk to you a little more about how we ended up where we're at. We have one team currently in the office that has the expertise to carry out that work. As you can imagine, that work is quite technical and we need an in-depth know

Public Accounts committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. With respect to the audits that we are planning to—

Public Accounts committee  Yes, just the performance ones. We only have one more audit planned for this year, 2019, dealing with respect in the workplace. We're going to be doing three audits next spring: supplying the Canadian Forces; immigration detention and removal; and student financial assistance. W

Public Accounts committee  I can also talk about the commissioner's work, if you like.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. We're an independent audit office that selects what we do and why and how we do it. That's critical to our role. We identify our audits based on residual risk, the impact on Canadians and the value we can add. We do not want to be in a situation w