I would agree to adding National Defence so we can get to the bottom of the issue. I cannot believe, however, that National Defence decides what the Governor General will eat and that she has no say about her own menu. She is the Queen's representative. I find it hard to believe that the Queen would never have any say about what is on her plate.
I think it is a shared responsibility. For that reason, I am open to the idea of meeting the officials involved, from both organizations. If one of them is not involved, that would shed light on the situation and the problem. Two organizations are involved in an event, but they do not communicate. Owing to this lack of communication, expenditures are made which, as someone who has had to use food banks in the past, I find more than excessive. If the organizations do not speak to each other, the study would at least show that and in particular highlight the importance of communication. We have to stop working in silos. It is important.
We are talking about taxpayers' money, public funds. As I said, I have had to use food banks in the past. I am holding back from saying certain words because I would like to use some typically swearwords from Quebec. It is insulting, to say the least.
I agree to adding National Defence, but we also have to talk to people from the Office of the Governor General's Secretary to get a clear and complete understanding of the decision-making process that led to these expenditures.