We have heard in this committee the dialogues with regard to advertising. I know there's been a number of people who have been before our committee, including representatives from Treasury Board, including the Auditor General, including a whole host of other folks, who have confirmed that in fact the advertising of the federal government is completely within the guidelines of the federal government, that no rules have been broken, that no guidelines have been broken.
As a matter of fact—it may be before Siobhan joined our committee—there was a lengthy discussion with Treasury Board, I recall, with Martha Hall Findlay, as it related to the advertising and the budgets that were allocated for specifically the action plan at that period of time. It was confirmed that in fact all guidelines had been followed, that there was nothing inappropriate done.
The Auditor General has also commented with regard to the rollout and the involvement of the federal government as it relates to the action plan, under the auspices of which a lot of this advertising fell. In this case, the Auditor General actually confirmed that the federal government had done an exceptional job.
Now, I know there is some dispute as to what should be advertised and what shouldn't be, but quite frankly I believe that when you're advertising initiatives to protect and inform seniors about their rights as they relate to seniors abuse, when you are advertising to Canadians about the threat and the necessity to protect oneself with regard to the possible H1N1 pandemic that was developing last year—and obviously those actions of the federal government were successful, in that the pandemic never happened—and when you look at the initiatives that are currently being advertised, including the—
