Thank you.
We've had a lot of questions about what's going on at AHRC, and unfortunately we thought we would get a lot of answers today but it seems like you're maybe as in the dark as we are about the budget and exactly what's going on.
I'll share with you that because my name has been in the media for asking questions at committee and people have linked me a bit with AHRC, I have had numerous phone calls, e-mails, and communications from people saying certain things. I can't certainly say they are all true, but one theme is that the president is incompetent, an egomaniac, which is not a federal issue, right? If a person is a mean boss, that's not a federal issue, but a federal issue is how is this money being spent. Where is it being spent? What is the president directing the agency to do with this money?
I wanted to ask questions about this international conference, but I don't know if you're going to be able to answer them. I understand it was closed to the media. I understand that it was pro industry. I understand that money was spread out over different years and different budget areas, as you said, Ms. Baylis. Are you able to tell us, did you approve the budget for this? Do you know how much this meeting cost? Do you know if this was good value for money? Can you tell us anything about this conference?