Let us take your view of things a little further. The government borrowed money on the money markets to fund certain projects. It spent this money to carry out concrete projects. This money was not theoretical or notional. It is owed to the government's creditors.
Do you not think that the $54 billion should have been treated the same way as the amount borrowed by the Canadian government on foreign markets? It could have been paid back at a rate that would not compromise the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Do you think this would be a good way of recovering the money? Your affiliates, for their part, have not given up on recovering it.