Thank you. I will speak in favour of the motion. I think there's a lot to be learned. If we've learned anything in our four visits to the cities, it's that these people are very anxious to talk to us. I think what we learn would be important. It costs money, but to be very blunt, we just authorized travel of $118,000 that was not used. It was a waste of money to support a motion from the other side that did not happen for reasons we know are beyond this room. We can do that. I think there's a lot to learn. I've said before we spoke about Afghanistan that we needed to be there to see the people who are on the ground. That was accepted. The committee makes its own decisions. Travel was thwarted for a number of reasons.
I have a question for you, Mr. Chair. The committee has a budget. Off the top of my head, I don't know exactly what it is. I don't care to know the number; I just want to know if this is dictated by the committee when they spend their money through Liaison.