9. Notes that the Joint Undertaking developed a new methodology for residual error rate estimation, similar to the one used by the Commission services in charge of co-managed funding; acknowledges that the first evaluation of the residual error rate based on the 157 audited transactions was 0,73 %, while a recent update based on 331 transactions resulted in an error rate of 0,66 %, below the materiality threshold of 2 %;

In fact, if we imply, either overtly or covertly, that by checking a police record or checking a list we have done our duty by children, we are seriously misleading individuals who have the responsibility to care for children, we are misleading the public and, more importantly, we're endangering children.

The ECA’s estimate for the most likely error rate for expensed payments underlying the accounts is 4.8%.

The government contents itself with the possibility of a $20 million penalty or hit to consumers; however, the half-percent tolerance by Measurement Canada that I referred to a little earlier, if I am to extrapolate that among the 45 million litres of gasoline and another 20 million of diesel, could potentially lead to a $200 million skew against consumers.

If I'm correct, if the former public office holder were a public office holder within the federal government, as the code of conduct for public office holders now stands, he or she is not able to be a lobbyist for one year post-employment with the federal government.

As I said, each has their own responsibility. Obviously, the captain is in charge of his ship and the chief engineer is in charge of his engine room, but the owners and operators will be responsible for providing equipment that's in good shape, and the training of the personnel, etc (1550) One of the things that we, and also particularly the Americans, discover when we have gone on board and have done investigations is that fairly frequently in cases where, as I said, we've gone on with cause, we find that their records appeared to be falsified with the deliberate intent to mislead authorities, both in Canada and elsewhere, into believin ...[+++]g that something took place that didn't take place.