Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is something that we have stated in this government that we intend to be more vigilant and accountable for the dollars that are spent that are put out there. We can give a number of examples. As I stated earlier, I am bringing a paper to my FMB colleagues for accountability and a sense of directors that are on boards and requesting funds from the government.
Another big piece we have done here, since becoming elected, is put into practice the third-party accountability framework that is now being rolled out. That, as well, enhances how we see this flowing as a government and how funds are used from the government. So we, as the 15th Assembly, have started to put into practice what we feel is a stronger way of doing business and accounting for the dollars being spent by the government. So we have started putting that in place.
As for the money just being gone, there were activities carried on. There were services provided, but, unfortunately, things fell between the cracks when it came to an actual accounting on how things were spent, how much was on wages, how much on O and M, how much on having clients come into a facility. Unfortunately, that fell through. Without more detail from the Department of Health and Social Services at this time, I can't say all that money just went to waste. There were individuals who went through a program. How much success was there? That's the unfortunate part. We don't have an accounting for it at this time. The interpretation could be that money went out and was gone, but we know that there was a service provided for a time there. Unfortunately, the accountability portion of the report did not get done. So we are tightening up that system as we go forward as the 15th Assembly. Thank you.