Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I do want to pick up on a couple of points, if I can. One is with regard to some of the comments that the minister would have made in response to questions from his Conservative colleagues. He made reference to biometrics. That's a very important issue here before us in the committee. It's also an important issue inside the House, because we're actually debating a bill on that issue.
You made reference to 9/11 and how there should have been something done. That would have happened in late 2001, but back in 2004 the Chrétien government actually allocated several million dollars to conduct and design and implement a program for biometrics. Is the minister aware of that?