It's an important question to ask, given the fact that we don't see you in the House of Commons. The Senate is not allowed to ask you questions about Montreal, especially about the fact that you were a minister of Montreal.
You are in charge of the expenditures of one of the largest departments in the Government of Canada. You were talking about accountability, which of course all of us are big supporters of. You are trying to implement some measures, many of which are positive and probably will help Canadians and our government improve its accountability. But some people have this cynicism or skepticism when they don't see the minister take the opportunity to demonstrate his commitment to accountability.
Recently there was an opportunity to run in the Montreal area and you decided to pass on that opportunity. Maybe this is an opportunity for you to ease some of those questions and address them.