Mr. Chair, I've been on the committee since the election of the 39th Parliament. I don't remember our authorizing any trip to Washington or any other trips. What I saw in the media, in my opinion and view, did not reflect the true numbers for the expenses the committee has authorized.
I'd like to see a financial statement of what we have spent and authorized as a committee. What was reported were some huge numbers and trips to Washington that do not reflect, I believe, the travels of this committee.
As you remember, I'm a big proponent of this committee travelling, because international trade cannot be done in Ottawa. We must travel. But it's ridiculous to see in the paper that we've travelled where we haven't travelled, I believe. Where they're getting this information, I don't know.
I'm also of the opinion that we should not be provoking them further, the media, because they're not totally aware of the operation of the committee, and their information has proven to be wrong already, I believe.