Thank you.
I'm not sure I got as clear an answer as I was looking for. I will come back to that, but I have a little bit of a preamble prior to that, Minister. I have two questions. I'll ask this one, and then I'll have a follow-up.
Are you concerned at all that, given what's still going on in Libya and how the final chapter there is far from being written, possibly holding that flypast when we did was perhaps a bit like George Bush with his mission accomplished banner, in that we took our bow maybe a little too soon? It doesn't in any way detract from the performance of our armed forces, but the timing of it suggested that victory is at hand, and we could just celebrate. Yet, the circumstances would seem that we're quite a ways from that. Recognizing that we were acknowledging our role, I'm just pointing out the timing of it. Was that really the best timing in light of what we saw George Bush do with his mission accomplished banner, and how that has hung over his legacy to this day?
I want to come back. There's that, Minister, but also, I want to be a little clearer, because I'm still not sure. Your answer sounded like everything is fine, everything is normal, and nothing got out of control, but what I heard were approvals in the $300,000 to $400,000 range, and yet, a dollar figure at the end of the day that's over $800,000. It looks like it was out of control.
So, I come back to the main question. Who was responsible for the expenditures, and who is going to take responsibility for so much more money being spent than was originally estimated, given the fact that dollars in defence are very precious, particularly if you and your colleagues are looking at taking anything away from current uniformed members?