I want to come back to a comment. I've heard some quotes from the Parliamentary Budget Officer. I'd like to put them into the record to be clear that all information, according to the record, is there, and that our Parliamentary Budget Officer, Kevin Page, did report from his standpoint that “The Government of Canada has been relatively transparent” about the price tag, as he said, “when compared to other countries” and their silence in revealing their total costs. He also said further, “Hosting these international summits has typically been a very costly undertaking”.
I say that because this is about disclosure, and it really comes back now, if I might say, to the budgeting items. We have certainly heard in the House and as a government generally a lot of negatives that as a government we have been irresponsible in some fashion for not knowing precisely all the costs in place at this time. I heard Superintendent Charlebois say that all of his costs were not yet in. I'm not sure about the RCMP or other forces, but if the government is being attacked somehow for not having these costs in, I am not sure whether the forces, who are not in a position to provide that information, are in fact then being castigated or blamed somewhat. I would hope not.