Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning to all of you from the Privy Council Office, which is also referred to as the Prime Minister's department.
We are talking about $4 million for a communication plan that includes, based on what I just heard, $200,000 for surveys. I am trying to understand. The Prime Minister's Office has a role to play, for sure. It is an institution in its own right, no matter who is Prime Minister. But what are we talking about? Self-promotion? Why do we need a communication plan that costs $4 million or almost?
Statistics came in in our western world as a political reality with the end of monarchies and the rise of republics. Elections mean we now choose our leaders, in most western countries, in fact in all. It took political mathematics, and they became what we now call statistics. They are used to determine more or less where we are going, how to respond to the public, what the needs are, and so on. I understand that. That is why there are surveys today. We known that departments need to determine where they stand in relation to the public on certain matters, specific subjects, things that need to be done, and I understand that, but the Prime Minister's Office...
Can we see the communication plan with our own eyes? Why does the Prime Minister need $4 million?