Mr. Chair, I believe these amounts will all be recorded in the Public Accounts of Canada in an aggregate, but to break them down into individual payments would result in a Public Accounts of Canada that would be about a foot thick. Mr. Williams mentioned privacy concerns, but this is one of the reasons why the government is in effect approaching the committee and asking it for permission just to record the aggregate amounts, rather than the details of these payments, in the Public Accounts of Canada.
On June 15th, 2006. See this statement in context.