Thank you for being here today.
We've heard testimony that the pilot project had a lot of difficulties, a lot of issues with technology. Many things were going wrong with regard to wrong signals, disappearances, drifting. There were quite a few issues. One of the experts we had here was quoted in the paper as saying it was a disaster.
You've pointed this out already, and I would like to think that any savings from this pilot project are yet to be realized. We haven't done any sort of cost-benefit analysis on the benefits in pure dollars.
I'm a little troubled, and maybe you can answer this. As you pointed out, it appears that Correctional Service Canada wants to move forward to implement this Canada-wide, yet we don't know what it is going to cost and we don't know of any benefits. Being a member of Parliament, I think one of my primary responsibilities is to look after the tax dollars of Canadians, yet I haven't seen any evidence that indicates we are going to be saving money. You're asking us to throw money...yet that technology hasn't been proven or there hasn't been any clear benefit.
Could you comment?