Mr. Chairman, I would just like to respond to a comment that the Minister made in response to Mr. Koe. The Standing Committee on Finance was, in fact, convinced that the office plan would save us a considerable amount of money over the next few years. However, I think the Members of the Standing Committee on Finance were very surprised to see this item in the supp relating to an additional person. I think the Members of SCOF believe that this department have enough members on staff that they should have been able to handle the job from within.

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