As a personal opinion, I would say we saw government in certain years transferring very large sums of money to foundations and others, over which we raised several concerns. I guess in some sense this might be an improvement, because Parliament actually votes on it and Parliament has actually approved that expenditure. Certainly the $4.6 billion was subject to a specific bill and a specific vote by Parliament, so the expenditures were authorized.
On February 26th, 2007. See this statement in context.