Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am glad to hear that things are going better this year, but I would like to indicate that I remember from committee, we lapsed somewhere in the neighbourhood of $400,000 in public service career training. To me, this seems to be an extremely high amount of money. Further to that, it is a situation where we really had to delve and know exactly what kinds of questions to ask in order to bring this to light. I think this illustrates the need for a body that reports to this House to keep this government accountable. This is one of these things that sort of slipped by almost undetected without a trace.
I think public service career training is critical. I am glad to hear it is going better this year, but when we can lapse $400,000 and only spend $200,000 in a program area that goes by without any indications from the department that this has been a problem until we know exactly what kinds of questions to ask, it concerns me.
I really think one of the roles a Public Service Commission could play is to report to this House and let us know how our government is doing in training the people that it claims are its most valuable resources. I am glad to hear things are going better this year, but very disappointed about the lapsed funds in this area. Thank you.