You can't explain the reason for the hyperbole in the House, then. I'll move on to my next question, Mr. Minister.
My next question is for the transport minister.
On July 5, 2010, Moneris Solutions, the biggest debt and credit card processor in the country, looked at three Toronto areas and compared same-store credit retail spending data to the previous weekend. Among its findings were: retail sales fell 28% within the security perimeter, restaurants suffered losses to the tune of 66.59% within the security perimeter, retail sales in the surrounding downtown core fell 10.78%, and restaurants alone saw losses of 32.7%. This is in the downtown core outside the security perimeter.
My question to the minister is this. Did you forecast these losses, and did you compare these losses to what they would have been had you located the G-20 at a location more isolated and secure, namely at, for instance, Exhibition Place, which had been recommended to you?