Perhaps I might build on that point in the context of the study that we do have under way, which, as you know, has been ongoing and very interesting. We're all seized of it. Both Jean-François and Mike hit on the same general question to me: don't you think that the main estimates should, to the greatest extent possible, be the best estimate of all spending, program spending and anticipated project spending?
It would be more honest for the layperson trying to follow the dollar and to understand what the estimated spending is for this next fiscal year. For instance, if you had an idea there would be $242 million further needed for the rehabilitation of the parliamentary precinct, could you not have put $200 million of that into the main estimates and fine-tuned it down the road for the supplementary estimates? It would be a little more accurate. People would have a bit better picture of what the main spending is going to be of the government that year.
It seems to me it's Treasury Board's approval that holds up the ability of the other departments to accurately reflect that anticipated spending in their main estimates. Is that a fair assessment?