Unfortunately, I do not have a great deal of information to share with you about these additional funds, as this is not really the responsibility of the minister or of the department. One day, we will have to speak to the people who draw up these documents to have them clearly distinguish between the areas for which we are responsible and those for which we are not.
When I last appeared before your committee, Mr. Massé asked me similar questions about the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. I pointed out to him then that there was a minister responsible for this file and that we had no right of review over this agency's operations and that consequently, we were not accountable for the way in which supplementary estimates were spent.