Minister Toews and Minister Nicholson, your government has steadfastly refused to provide the full costs of your legislation to this Parliament. You've taken four months to provide any fulsome information, and we will have to determine in the course of this week whether or not you've done that. Based on your track record, we don't have a lot of confidence.
Over the last four months you've had lots of opportunities to come clean to Parliament and come clean to the Canadian taxpayer. Why have you been so focused on hiding the costs of your U.S.-style prison agenda from Canadians? Why have you been so reluctant to tell the truth to Canadians, and why has it taken this parliamentary committee just to get you to provide any information to Canadian taxpayers?