Thank you, Madam Chair. On page 2 of the Minister's opening comments, he highlighted the review of the FAA and reform and modernization of the Financial Administration Manual or FAM document. I am just wondering how that prose has been going. The reason I ask this is because I have, on a number of occasions, been very consistent on the fact that I would like to see it modernized in such a way that we deal with our NGOs a little more seamlessly. The reporting process and the burden that it puts on our NGOs because the way we have it structured now, it is extremely firm on how they have to account for the money they receive. By no way am I suggesting that they should not. So it shouldn't be

implied in any way, but I am talking about flexibility when they have to hand in their audited reports, how often they have to do them.

We have many NGOs out there that have been receiving excellent financial contributions from our government. I know they are very thankful for them. I believe that the NGOs are providing, many of them, excellent quality work out there that the government just can't do. What I would like to see and hear from the Minister today is has there been some work towards building some flexibility into our accounting process to allow these organizations to report in an easier method? The fact is, Madam Chair, these organizations are there to serve the people in capacities. The government doesn't. If they can still meet the intent of the requirements of reporting, I think we should attempt to be as flexible as possible in a working relationship so we both meet the achievables that we want. We want good value for money. We want to ensure it is being spent properly and I know the government wants to see that. They want to see that, too. Can the Minister reply on how these things have evolved in that area of my concern? Thank you.