Public Accounts committee  If I could clarify, one of them was with the Public Service Commission, about the external hiring process. Similarly, there was a report on the hiring process from the perspective within the department.

Public Accounts committee  I believe they can.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity. What I would like to stress is how much I plan to build on the excellent work done by my predecessors, notably just in the past few months and weeks. In addition to what the minister has outlined with some very new proposals around the code of conflict and a requirement within a certain time frame for new employees to respond, we're also creating a new oversight committee of procurement that will have a much more detailed and deliberate review of every contract that is over a certain amount.

Public Accounts committee  It's not as a deputy minister. It is as deputy minister of National Defence. It's day four.