Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Chair, I would like to ask you, if at all possible, to confirm with the Minister of Public Safety that he did say in the House of Commons that he was aware of the numbers and that he knew all the costs relating to the programs and bills he tabled in the House. I am asking this because it was only after bills had been tabled and approved that we learned he did not have all the information and would not be able to give it to us.
I would like the minister to explain this inconsistency. On the one hand, he claims to know all the figures but is unable to give them to us and, on the other hand, once the bill has been passed, he states that he is in fact not really sure about the figures.