Thank you very much. We've gone about a minute over there.
That pretty well sums it up.
I don't know whether this is the time to read this or not, but just to put it on the record, Marleau and Montpetit deals with private members' bills. It says: There is a constitutional requirement that bills proposing the expenditure of public funds must be accompanied by a royal recommendation, which can be obtained only by the government and introduced by a Minister. Since a Minister cannot propose items of Private Members’ Business, a private Member’s bill should therefore not contain provisions for the spending of funds.
Today I think we've been fairly clear. This is going to take an extra, as I think one witness said, millions; another said it would be the same as another human rights commission.
There is another way: if the recommendation comes, the Speaker...but I don't know whether that would make this a confidence measure. I imagine it would.
Anyway, thank you for your testimony here today. We appreciate hearing from our department.
We will suspend and invite our next guests to take their places.
While the department is still here, there was a question that Mr. Rae asked earlier dealing with process. Perhaps you would take a look at the blues and examine the question dealing with the set-up of the process. If you would make a written answer to that, we would surely appreciate it.