We heard very clearly that Trade Routes is an essential program. We have not seen any piece of evidence to show that it was wasteful, other than words from you, or the fact that the government's priority.... You keep jumping back to priorities. I understand that; this is a government that has been against the exportation of cultural products since the beginning. But we're seeing that we're moving money over for a torch relay. We're moving over to a torch relay....
On March 11th, 2009. See this statement in context.