I really want to focus in. I want to get laser-focused on the size and scope of this problem.
It's before us as a committee. We're providing recommendations. We need to get to the numbers. We need to know.... We have the long list of failures and I really want to shift to figuring out what the scope of this is.
This is a government that found $750 billion in liquidity supports for Bay Street and big banks during COVID. We got $100 billion out to Canadians and workers. In my good conscience, representing Hamilton Centre, I can't think for a moment that if what happened in Neskantaga was happening in Hamilton Centre I wouldn't be lighting myself on fire in this committee right now.
That's what's before us. From your staff's perspective when you do this report, when you're dealing with the departments, when hopefully they're being transparent—we know what their failures are—what is the dollar amount?