I find it unfortunate that we lost 22 minutes at the beginning of the meeting in an attempt to limit debate on this issue, and here we are, discussing all kinds of issues other than that which was to be our topic. That being said, I will mainly endeavour to ask questions and to listen to the answers given.
I was surprised to learn that the final amount spent by the previous Liberal government was 512 million dollars in the best year. Did I get it right?