Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, and officials, for being with us.
I applaud you for your new database, but I don't think it's the most exciting thing. I think the most exciting thing is the plan to change the estimates to do it by program activity, because that would revolutionize the way we see things. When the Australian equivalent of the Parliamentary Budget Officer was in Canada, he showed me the way they do it, and I found it extremely informative compared with the way we currently do it. If we could move on that front, that would be a major, even an exciting, achievement.
Now, I know Treasury Board is going to be coming to this committee later and talking about the work that has been done. I think in round numbers the cost was in the ballpark of $60 million and it would take five years.