It was booked on March 31, 2004, and that seemed to make everybody on our previous committee think everything was okay, because it was booked as a non-recorded liability. I was a member of Parliament; I was still in the dark on this thing. Maybe there was no deception on your part, but I don't think there's anybody, certainly in the opposition, who understood what in the world was going on, and it's taken us a lot of time to figure it out.
I still want to ask you a very fundamental question. You're a lawyer by trade. Section 53 of the Constitution of this country says all money bills must originate in Parliament. The Financial Administration Act clearly states, in a section...it reinforces that whole point.
As deputy minister responsible for that department on March 31, 2004, can you explain to me where the parliamentary authority had come from prior to that date for this expenditure?