Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Before I was interrupted, I was trying to convey that what we need to preserve here is that the minister is ultimately responsible for, as described in subclause 7(2), the cost of planning, designing, constructing, installing, and maintaining of the monument and any other costs incurred, and that the council may support the ultimate responsibility that falls on the minister.
This is integral to the essence of the original intent of the bill: that the underlying responsibility remain with the minister, not the council, and that the council can play a supporting role.
And I can--