I understand the necessity for Parliament to examine the expenditure every year, but Madam Fraser, I'm interested in hearing your thoughts. If Parliament gives approval for this project--and again, let's take the $100 million--why couldn't we ask Parliament to vote for the approval for that project? Calling it multi-year may raise some flags, and that's why maybe labels here are the issue. The issue is whether or not we should vote for this project--do we want this project or not?--and leave the reality of the implementation up to the department.
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