I've been somewhat concerned. I'm hearing the opposition talk about the costs, but there's very rarely talk about the benefits of keeping criminals off the streets.
I'm also a bit concerned about the notion--and I could be wrong on this--you seem to be suggesting that the public servants, who are in the department and who are assisting in the estimates of what Bill C-25 is going to cost, somehow don't measure up, and that they don't have the ability to plan and aren't providing the appropriate information with respect to the cost of this.
Is there something that you know that maybe parliamentarians should be made aware of with respect to the public service in the department? Are they not capable of giving us the appropriate costs of this? Are you or your department somehow superior to them with respect to costing of this? I'm not understanding the difference here. We have a competent public service in the department and we have you. Can you give me a reason why there might be a difference there?