I'm sorry to differ, Mr. Chair, but we have identified something very specific--that is, a commitment to spend $3 billion. We've already heard from our colleagues across the way an acknowledgement that we all want to keep on top of this. We don't know the specifics, and that's part of the problem.
We had Mr. Smith volunteer today to be at the disposal of the committee. It's not that we are in a position to spend three hours analyzing a specific expenditure when we come back. The issue is to get a report from the Treasury Board on a regular basis over the next few weeks as to what that detail might be, because specifically, we don't have that detail. It could be just for a half-hour, and it could be slotted into our procurement sessions. We have an unusual circumstance now with vote 35, so my request is that we ask Mr. Smith to come to the committee on a regular basis over the course of the next seven weeks of meetings, even if it's just for a half-hour at the beginning of the regularly scheduled procurement meetings, so we can get that update.
I thought I saw my colleagues across the way nodding.