Mr. Speaker, I would like to continue about the transparency, or lack thereof, of vote 40. When we had the Minister of Public Services and Procurement at committee to discuss the $650 million, almost two-thirds of a billion dollars, in vote 40 and what it was for, she was not able to answer. She referred it to her assistant deputy minister and senior CFO.
There was $300 million for Phoenix. We asked him specifically what it was for. He was not able to answer. He told us it was preposterous to expect parliamentarians and taxpayers to know what the money was being planned for and what the planned results were before we approved it.
I am wondering if the President of the Treasury Board believes it is preposterous that parliamentarians and taxpayers should know what the plans are and what makes up this money before we approve it.