Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank the witnesses for being here today.
I have a question about the structure of votes. We are often asked whether we have to vote on the programs. In the last report, the 2012 one you mentioned, I remember that the senior assistant secretary of the Expenditure Management Sector seemed a little reluctant to suggest this. Perhaps we can understand why. Parliament would have to hold over 2,000 votes if we voted on all of them.
I want to understand how we could ensure that we don't have to hold 2,000 votes. It would obviously be far too many.
There was talk of holding 191 votes last week. We would have spent 30 hours voting. It would take a long time because we don't have an electronic voting system.
Do you have any suggestions about establishing a limit on the amount of expenditures, a cap or base amount, for instance?