Thank you. So this is something I hope the Auditor General will look into. If I understand it correctly, FMBS took a look at this to decide whether or not this should be approved, looked at the termination contract which had been signed and agreed the amount we are paying out is set out in the termination contract and there are signatures with authority on it, so we will approve it. Never mind the fact that may not have jived with the original employment contract. It was one contract away, so FMBS was only approving that second termination contract. They approved it on the basis that yes, the amount being paid was stipulated in that termination contract. Then that came forward to FMB, who are only looking to see if in fact there was money in the budget. Not whether or not that made sense, but whether there was money in the budget and they approved it on that basis.
It really raises a lot of questions for me on checks and balances. There seem to be a myriad of ways through this maze in which money ends up at this level in the House. It has already been spent, the cheque has been cashed and I have a lot of concerns about that.
I will leave it with that, Mr. Chairman, and I certainly hope the Auditor General will be able to look into these matters and get answers to many of the questions we have asked and have not been able to get, or have gotten behind closed doors but have not been able to get in this public forum. Thank you.