Well, I thank my honourable colleague for his questions and concerns. I will address them, I hope, in order.
One, this is information that is not in The Fiscal Monitor in its entirety. The central financial management reporting system data, fiscal year expenditures, and lapses by department are not there.
Secondly, to have the final report by July, given the repeated concerns we have raised about the spending of this government and the timing of the spending--particularly given that it's well after the House will have risen--is simply not timely enough.
Thirdly, in terms of the committee, we have had before our committee the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. We have had before our committee the President of the Treasury Board. The fact that the public accounts committee may have an interest in this as well does not preclude this committee's having a significant interest in this information. This is government operations and estimates, after all, and our job as parliamentarians, one of our most significant jobs, is in fact oversight of spending.
We are looking for this information. As I said in my introduction, it should be public information, so I'm not sure why we're not able to get this. Iit begs the question if there is something being hidden.