Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Finance. It is in regard to the department's responsibility to ensure the accountability of expenditures by this government. Mr. Speaker, as we know, there has been a lot of increases, especially with the way the contractual processes have gone. In my case, there have been capital projects cancelled because of cost overruns on bridges and what not.

I would like to ask the Minister, is there a process within your department or within this government that looks at projects specifically to ensure that the engineering costs are within reason? Realizing the environment we are in today, a changing environment, so when those contracts go, they come in on budget. They do not come in under budget where we are having to come back for dollars or canceling projects in Members' ridings.