Then maybe I'll move to that. There is a bit of agreement here anyway on paragraph 38(1)(c) .
The federal government transfers $36 billion a year. Even at the high estimates of what we've heard from people from the various government departments, it's about $135 million a year. That's the ballpark on what it would cost to provide medical services to the people who have been rejected under this provision, on an annual basis over the last five years.
It seems like a drop in the bucket. Why should we care about the cost of this at all? Human rights can cost money. It's part of living in a free and democratic society. Why are we quantifying this at all, Mr. Sweetman? Why is that even part of our discussion?