I have just two points.
If every department and agency was asked in fact to prepare a list of cuts that they thought made the most sense for the government's plan to cut spending, then I have to ask again, what was the consultant doing for $90,000 a day? Were they just compiling these lists of recommendations that civil servants had already compiled? I guess I'm contrasting the spending for this outside consultant with the austerity measures taking place within the government.
Second, if there weren't the government cuts, would the Auditor General have left this oversight in place?
I guess I ask Mr. Boissonneault that question.