I'm not going to disagree with the motion, but I do want to just put it on the record that there is certainly a double standard coming out of the budget on this matter. Brian is talking about restraint at committee, but there is a double standard because, as I understand it, Privy Council Office expenditures are going to increase by somewhere around 21%.
We're seeing the members' office budgets frozen and we're seeing this request for committees in terms of no meals, but I just think it has to be stated on the record that there is one area where there isn't any restraint being exercised, and that is in the advisory capacity to the Prime Minister's Office. Their expenditures, as was noted today in the House, are expected to go up. We know, and I think all Canadians know, that they are basically the propaganda machine for the Conservative Party.