Yes, you are, and I want to respect the minister's time as well. She's been gracious.
Minister, I guess it's too bad that the media didn't say, “Can you tell me what you budgeted for the Olympics?” You'd have given it to them the same day, because you had a budget. We bounced around, though, between giving reasonably accurate numbers as opposed to actuals. The event is finished, but the actuals, as you said, could be as much as 90 days down the road. I don't think any media that wanted timely information would ask for actuals. I can't believe that, and I'm going to ask the Globe to provide me with a copy of whatever they sent to you, because they didn't do themselves a favour if they did, so it's their fault.
Finally, I asked you one question at the beginning. It was something that I've asked before of departmental ministers, about controlling your costs and having an understanding of where you are. You said during your testimony that you don't know how Public Works does its buys and all this other stuff. How can you possibly control your costs when somebody else is in control of millions of dollars that could have extraordinary swings in them, as you testified? That doesn't seem to be a good deal for you or any other minister who's trying to be fiscally responsible and to provide good information.
Is there anything we can do with Public Works to say, “Hey, let's work on ceilings and fixed-price contracts. I'm not going over this...and negotiate it”? We're the government. We can negotiate anything, can't we?