Mr. Chairman, I have here a list which comes from his department. It is the list of sponsorships and I believe that his advisers will recognize it. It really is from his department.
For example, there is a column showing the date of the event. In the following column, you have the word requested which probably means amount requested, support requested. The word value is a bit more complicated, but it seems to correspond to the amount given as a sponsorship. Then we have the 12% and the 3%. Other columns follow.
In the case of the Jeux de la Francophonie, beside the word requested we have an amount of $545,000; beside the word value, an amount of $850,000. They gave $300,000 more than what was requested.
Again for the Jeux de la Francophonie, for a request of $1,245,000, they gave $1,285,000, or $40,000 more than requested. Groupaction or Groupe Everest took its 12% per cent on that amount and the one who signed the cheque took another 3%. The grants given exceeded what was requested. Does the minister consider this to be normal?