On a point of order, Chair, my understanding is that we are here to review the estimates. There are billions of dollars being spent here, and this is supposed to be the open and transparent mechanism whereby parliamentarians can review the expenditures of the government through Treasury Board.
It just seems to me that Mr. McCauley's line of questioning isn't relevant to the topic of today's meeting. I'm sure his constituents, as well as many taxpayers in Canada, want to know why these funds are being expended—