That's true. However, there's a flip side to that. In government, you also have an obligation—are we going to say to every single crown corporation and every single agency in the government that they'll get 5% and 10% funding? What's the point of Parliament? What's the point of your oversight of my decisions? If you're just going to lock in funding and say “Well, there you go”, then what's the point of having Parliament discussing these issues? Plans and priorities change.
On May 29th, 2012. See this statement in context.