That is what I was saying in my preamble, Mr. Minister. However, I forgot to talk about inadequate funding. The Government of Canada has never invested 1% of its equity in government assets. I am with you on that. I know that your response will be that you had a problem with the buildings. But what I am saying, and what all the reports are saying, is that there were problems within your department in terms of human resources management and overlapping technical reviews, which cost the government money and you know it.
You had the choice to clean house in your department or to sell. The easiest choice was to sell. You sold the seven most beautiful buildings. The only thing left to do is to keep mismanaging the buildings that are left, which are worth less than the buildings that were sold. The surplus spending this will cause will be $1.2 billion. It would cost us $2.5 billion at the end of the lease, or after 25 years. If this is so profitable to the taxpayer, then tell me why Larco Investments went ahead with the purchase.