My question, then--because the way money was spent has been such a big topic, and we've talked about it lots in the House--is if we have a month and a half, can we not find a committee day to spend on it? I'm going to suggest very particular categories in the main estimates.
We didn't do it last time, and I think it was a regret for many committee members that we simply sent them back without any analysis at all. I would suggest that's where some of the problems arose, because we didn't do an assessment of where the government had spent its money. And the auditor just gave us a report, not two weeks or three weeks ago, that raised many concerns.
I understand how much pressure there is on the committee's time, but if we're not looking at and understanding the way government spends money, how can we do any proper assessment and advise on how the government chooses to spend money?