Thank you, as always, for your question. I appreciate the way you always express your appreciation for the public service when you ask these questions.
Just as an update, when I came to this committee last year, we at PCO were temporarily managing the funding, because the actual department had not yet been created. It has now been created through supplementary estimates. That final amount of money went to them, not to PCO. For this fiscal year, they have their own main estimates. They already appeared, in fact, at another parliamentary committee. I had the chance to join Minister Gould when she went for one of the appearances there.
From a PCO perspective, our work is really just a support function right now. We have a memorandum of understanding with the debates commission to provide internal services. My team provides internal services. It's important from my perspective to highlight the fact that they had the choice of going anywhere they wanted. There was no string attached that they had to get those services through us. They made the decision, given that we've supported MMIWG and other organizations like this, that we were well positioned to help them. They're up and running. They have an office location. They've hired staff. They've set up their advisory group. Right now, as we speak, a request for proposals has been put out through PSPC to bid on the contract that will be put in place to put on the individual debates.
Beyond that, I can't really comment on the work they're doing. They're another organization. I'd be happy to comment on the support we provide them in any way you'd like.