Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This is the first that I've heard of the request for this information, so I would ask for specifics on what exactly we as a committee might learn from these documents or what is hoped to be learned from these documents.
In my office I receive and have received The Fiscal Monitor, which highlights the spending for the last number of months. I understand from the website that on July 20, the results of April and May 2009 will be released to members of Parliament and the information will be public. Now, I know that The Fiscal Monitor is a compilation of the information the member is specifically asking for, but I'm just a little bit uncertain as to what exactly we might learn from the information that is being requested that would be different from what's provided in The Fiscal Monitor. That's my first question.
My second point is that The Fiscal Monitor and all of these documents that the member talks about are really, in my understanding, the purview of the public accounts committee. It is responsible to undertake the review of the expenditures. It has done this in the past and continues to look at those documents. I really don't feel that it's the purview of this committee, unless I understand a little bit more fully as to what exactly we as a committee are hoping to learn from these documents and how it relates to our purview as a committee.