Thank you, Chair.
We seem to be moving somewhere. I think it might be appropriate to do a timeout at some point, but I just wanted to say that I think we're all well aware, and certainly Mr. McCauley is, that this production of documents is happening at the government operations committee. It is already being done there. It's a huge amount of work, duplication work, work that the Translation Bureau—and maybe that's the intent—is going to be jammed up with, not to mention that our committee here....
This is why I welcome the contribution of Madame Sinclair‑Desgagné in regard to the Auditor General. The Auditor General herself is doing her own audit on this work. She actually has access to documents in a manner that allows her to make a full and thorough investigation. We will have that audit sometime early in the new year.
It is the work of this committee to study the reports of the Auditor General. I think it's worthwhile for us to maybe.... I appreciate where Mr. Desjarlais is going with this amendment; he wants to actually cover multiple periods. I think the Auditor General has that kind of background information that she can look at: previous governments, previous administrations, and how they handled contracting work, which would inform her report and the recommendations—