Chair, we would certainly expect in any program that there be a good estimate and a good costing done of what the initiative would require over the longer term. Unfortunately, we see in many cases, particularly when it comes to issues like infrastructure, that that long-term planning is not done.
I think it leads to the broader question, which has been studied in this committee and in other committees, about multi-year funding, multi-year appropriations. It raises a much bigger issue about how government finances are appropriated.