Thank you, Madam Chair.
And thanks to Ms. Fraser and all of the officials for being here today.
The one concern I have as an newly elected member of Parliament is that I think we as members are responsible for taxpayers' money being spent. The particularly troubling part for me is that knowing the scrutiny this registry was under by the public and by parliamentarians, it would seem to me that to use any creative accounting mechanisms to try to hide or not disclose the true cost was not a good move, at best.
If in a very high-profile case like this, when you would think one would be trying to be doubly safe, significant dollars were misplaced, how can we be sure that this isn't happening in many of our other departments as well? I don't know exactly who to address that question to--possibly Ms. Fraser.