Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
It just never ceases to amaze me how a person who likes to talk about slashing and cutting talks about our expenditures when, after the decade of darkness when they were spending again, it was half of what we're spending now. In terms of lapses, we're not going to pay for something we haven't received, unlike the Liberals did in the sponsorship program.
My first question is for Minister Fantino, who mentioned during his presentation that there was a $10,000 transfer from Public Works for a new pay administration, separate and apart from that of the rest of the government. Why is that necessary?