Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Perhaps we could begin with a fair representation costing of the justice proposals. That would be a fair way to get an analysis of what Parliament is reviewing in terms of legislation and policy and expenditures, but I don't think we're going to see that any time soon, Mr. Chair. That's perhaps a good idea already thrown out.
I want to zero in on what the public accounts of Canada do and what they do not do. I want to zero in specifically on the recording of the G-8 legacy fund. An analysis by the Office of the Auditor General found that spending occurred for the G-8 legacy fund in an unlawful fashion. The purposes for which it was intended were not approved by Parliament, which is contrary to the Financial Administration Act. The interim Auditor General submitted a report to that effect. There was a mea culpa by the government, but I'm having trouble finding anything in the public accounts of Canada, which were published after the Auditor General's report, that would indicate this type of expenditure, done outside of parliamentary authority.
Is there anything anyone can point me to, in volume I, volume II, or volume III--there are literally hundreds of pages here--that actually refers to the fact that unlawful spending occurred, spending that was outside of the Financial Administration Act, and that describes it in fairness for Parliament?
Mr. Ralston, would you be able to take that one on?