I commend you for that response. I'm not criticizing you. But we have had several reports over the decades on reforms to the estimates and virtually nothing has happened. You can see why we're wondering if anything will happen this time around. I think you have made a good start, but I would just hope that at the end of the day we can move reasonably expeditiously.
I take issue with you on your advertising numbers because I have the annual advertising numbers from Public Works for four Liberal years, and the numbers starting in 2002-03 were $111 million, $70 million, $50 million, and $41 million, for an average of $65 million. That's under the Liberals.
Then starting in 2006-07, the numbers are $87 million, $84 million, $80 million, $136 million, $83 million, and $78 million, for an average of about $90 million. So the average went from $65 million to $90 million, which means it went up.
I don't know how you got your number, but if you choose the highest Liberal number and compare it to the lowest Conservative number for example, then you can get something that works in your favour, but I think any fair-minded analysis of these figures would suggest advertising spending has been higher under the Conservatives than under the Liberals.