There is a 28% increase in spending from last year at the commission. I believe my questions are extremely important and something we should know about. It may be that if I am given written responses in detail and the committee members are able to see those, we could deal with the supplementary estimates in fairly short order. I think we're presuming that this is going to take a long time, but we actually don't know that.
I think these questions on spending are very pertinent. The human rights commission—if my colleague has served on it, as I've served on the tribunal—we know is an integral institution for equity-seeking individuals and groups in our country. How money is allocated there and how it's spent, and a large increase, particularly at a time of COVID, when perhaps there hasn't been the same take-up.... I don't know. That's a part of my question.
I really would like to see that we have the opportunity to see that information and not presuppose the time on it. It may not take much time at all if we feel we have the answers we need in writing.