Mr. Vaughan, about eight or nine months ago we had the Minister of Finance in the committee of the whole. I asked him specifically, in about five or six questions, about this tax deductible transit pass.
We had heard from Pembina at the time that the cost per tonne of reductions in greenhouse gases would probably be over $7,000. Your numbers are somewhat more modest at $3,000, $4,000, or maybe $5,000, but we're not sure exactly what it is.
Can you tell us from your audit and your work if the Minister of Finance and the Government of Canada were forewarned by Finance officials, NRCan officials, or Environment officials that the use of this tax deductible transit pass would not be good value for money?