I didn't realize we were going to formal rounds, but I'm happy to perhaps pick up where I left off.
I'm still interested—and I don't think we've received a concrete answer—in what this is costing us. What is the total cost to date invested or associated with implementing the federal government's open government plan?
I've already cited how it compares—or how we're kind of shocked at the amount of money we're spending on spying. I would hope that we're spending a corresponding amount of money on the inverse, in openly and freely sharing information. The public has a right to know what their government is doing with their money.
So if we have 2,200 employees down at CSEC, with a building alone worth $1.2 billion; and you have 10 employees at Treasury Board Secretariat, what is the corresponding budget in this open government initiative?