Thank you very much, Mr. Clark. I appreciate your question.
There is no conflict between our objectives and our actions. In fact, your committee's report in 2012 provided direction that reflects that of the current government—in other words, increasing the government's accountability and making its spending more transparent for Parliament and for Canadians.
Our reform will improve on the current situation. Our approach and our proposal reflect the approach of provincial governments such as those of Ontario and Quebec, as well as the approach of national models like Australia.
Thanks to the numerous studies carried out by this committee and our work as government, I think we can do better and should do better. I don't understand your position. You say that a conflict exists between our approach and our objective to increase accountability in terms of government spending for taxpayers.