You earn a salary that's somewhere between $222,000 and $262,000. I won't ask you how much you earn—only if you want to volunteer the information. Then you go out and you do your job. You do your job, with pencil in hand, to be able to charge to the Government of Canada most things that you pay. You couldn't pay a breakfast on June 24, 2004—little things like 87¢ for coffee or refreshments.
What kind of scope does that mean you have? As a public servant, as one of the most important members of the science institutions of Canada, is that the message you're giving to other public servants, that once you have an expense account, 87¢ is good enough and you can charge that?
Could you explain that to me, Mr. Carty?