The Member is correct in many means. I mean, the Auditor General does work with the department very closely to address the areas. They look at the plan. They address the areas where they are going to look at. They ask questions. They ask for research. They get documents back. They ask more questions. So it is quite a process. The department does have some knowledge, preliminary, even guesstimates, preliminary, on where the audit is going to go. They are provided a draft. Then they are allowed to put recommendations in that. I believe it is a last chance to appeal any of the decisions that are made.

The Auditor General is very strict in saying that document is not allowed to be released until they are finished the report. Therefore, even as Minister, I do not get access to that document until I have met with the auditors. I am not sure if it is a legislation, but it is their rules that says that the document is not allowed to leave their hands until they are finished with it. So I have only received that document, and I am in the process of reviewing it. It is not the department's job to define what the priorities are. It will be my job to define what the priorities are. I take that audit very seriously and will be doing a thorough review of the audit.