Thank you, Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen.
This entire matter reminds me a little of the repatriation of the Constitution of 1982, when the Supreme Court held that it was legal, but immoral. We all remember the confusion that subsequently caused. That moreover is one of the reasons why the Bloc québécois exists today.
We know it is not consistent with the Treasury Board policy to spread $39 million over 15 years, as we saw. That's written and that's in the documents.
I asked the people from Justice, who were responsible for this, why that was done all the same, when we know that it was not compliant to act in that way. Ultimately, a decision was made that was not compliant.