I appreciate the offer of the Minister, but the Minister clearly is aware. the sands of the hour glass are dissipating quite quickly. What he's asking for in terms of number of days left is not feasible, it's not going to happen in time. This is going to fall on deaf ears once again. It will be picked up by the 18^th Assembly, hopefully, and through some stewardship that we are going to become better people at doing this job.

This is not the responsibility of a Member. This is not the responsibility of a committee to ask the government to provide information. It should be provided willingly. This information should be provided in an accounting methodology framework which is subject to the right type of scrutiny for the amount that's being asked on behalf of us to approve.

Again I will turn it back to the Minister: Will he commit his department before the 18^th Assembly to provide a complete listing of accounting breakdown for money spent, not only for this past calendar year but go back to last year's $55 million, and provide some level of accounting other than three or four large numbers to make up that which is really, at this stage, close to $80 million of taxpayers' money spent on fire suppression? Yet, I can tell you on one hand, Madam Chair, how many numbers I got to approve that spending.

Will the Minister commit to provide Members of this House and also commit that there is a transition piece for the 18^th Legislative Assembly so this question does not need to be asked by future Members of the 18^th Assembly?