Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would agree with the Premier that the secretary to Cabinet was involved in this process and could probably help us. I would certainly have no objection to her joining the witness table. The Minister responsible for the public service, the Minister of Finance, can already refer to the Premier. If Ms. Snider, as the secretary to Cabinet, was at the witness table, we would be able to get the information we need. I think there is a level of public scrutiny required here and I think it has to be done in an open and transparent manner.
We already have much of this information in a behind-closed-doors format. We are simply trying to verify some of that without jeopardizing confidentiality. You will notice that I am being very careful to only speak of positions and not names, and not get into specific dollar amounts. If Ms. Snider were to join us as a witness, I certainly would not take objection to that.