Thank you very much.
Again, with respect to the concerns voiced that this is somehow a confidential report, I haven't seen much that indicates it's in any way confidential. In fact, it's as I suspected when the witness appeared before committee. I did suggest there was nothing in the report that you couldn't get off Google.
I also suggested that while she wouldn't respond to my direct question about how much she is paid in her position, which I think people in the public employment.... And with respect to your indication that they have private competitors, two thirds of their funding directly comes from the Canadian taxpayer. I think you have to respect those dollars, and you know frankly, I would simply argue that I don't see anything here that's confidential.
In my view, this was a personal vacation that was in part paid for by Canadian taxpayers, and I'd like Canadians and others to look at it and make that determination for themselves.
That's my determination at this point, and frankly, I think this committee should come forward with a report or at least a motion that we find this spending inappropriate, and that we seek that the government respond formally to what we've witnessed here and table that response in the House of Commons. I think that's where this should go.