Initially, when the G7 was coming about, we had to do some preplanning way ahead. At that time, for the G7 there was a lot of uncertainty about what dignitaries and what countries would be coming and how many would be part of the delegations that would be coming over to Canada.
We prepared a business case that compared the costs of leasing these vehicles versus buying them, and the business case concluded that it would be in the Crown's best interests to buy and then sell. We did do a business case for that.
Also, at the risk of repeating myself, at the onset it's very hard to say how many people are coming and how many vehicles you are going to need. I agree with you that it's a lot of vehicles, but the risk tolerance for those events, as you know, is pretty much zero. This is why. We worked with the security unit at the RCMP, and they were there to determine what the needs for the event were going to be. For sure we were not going to need all these cars once the event was finished. That's why, at the end of the event, instead of keeping the vehicles and doing nothing—we must be able to afford them as well—the decision was made to dispose of those vehicles.