Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for his presentation today. We will be supporting the opposition motion.
The fact of the matter is that this is a big boondoggle and an embarrassment for the government. The question I have for the member is this: Why are we having these conferences in urban settings in the first place? Would it not make sense to have them in a secure military base, where the costs should be approaching zero and we would not be requiring military in the streets, which is a big concern of the government?
I would like to ask the member whether he has any idea what the cost would have been if we were to have staged this conference in a secure military base.