If the hon. member wants to talk about costs, let us talk about the real costs of the referendum, as reported in Le Soleil on December 2: ``Government advertising aimed at Quebec's welfare recipients, $273,000; unveiling of the preamble at the Grand Thtre de Qubec, $175,000; hiring-''.
Can we infer the following?
$273 was spent by the government for advertising aimed at Quebec's welfare recipients.