Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Ferguson and Madam Sachs.
To the average Canadian concerned about government oversight and ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of government spending, it might seem a little counterintuitive that one would be proposing an increase in surveillance, or increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of government spending as a general program or strategy or goal, while at the same time cutting the budget of the Office of the Auditor General. Would you be able to comment on the role the Office of the Auditor General can provide, as well as on the internal audit function, about ensuring effectiveness and efficiency of taxpayers' spending?