Mr. Chair, I note that the minister cites numbers when it flatters her case, but she just finished saying that numbers are not important. She cannot have it both ways.
I want to ask a very specific question regarding something in the estimates dealing with lieutenant governors. We note in the estimates that in some cases there is a dramatic rise in the money being allocated for lieutenant governors through the department. Some of these can be justified rather obviously. Saskatchewan and Alberta will be celebrating centennials next year, so we can understand that. However, the amount going to Ontario, for instance, for its lieutenant governor is an amount seven times greater than what it is today.
Could the minister explain why that is? Hopefully, these lieutenant governors are not following the example of our own Governor General, who has been a little profligate these days with tax dollars.