Thank you very much.
I'll draw your attention to the “Guide to Costing” from Treasury Board. You, as a former secretary of Treasury Board, would be familiar with this. This is a March 2008 document, but I don't think a lot has changed since when you were there.
On the costing of a new initiative, it says:
All the costs of a new initiative for a department must be known, including costs of employee benefits and accommodation. For a new initiative that is incremental to existing programs, it is necessary to know the incremental financial impact;
How would you interpret that in terms of the obligation for Finance and Treasury Board to provide the costs of legislation to cabinet?