I was never directed to avoid supplementary estimates. My duty was to present the options to the minister.
That in turn triggered more detailed examination by officials at the Treasury Board Secretariat and the Office of the Comptroller General, and others, which in turn raised questions about the amount of liability or debt and triggered requests from the Department of Justice for a legal opinion. Then, based upon the reflections on that legal opinion and everything else, it was determined that in fact this was not something that had to be charged to the appropriation. Therefore, the issue of supplementary estimates versus blowing the vote became moot; there was no longer a pressure on—