Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As my colleague Ms. Thi Lac said earlier, it is indeed regrettable to see that situations like this only make voters more disillusioned, more cynical about politics, about the lack of transparency of our institutions, and so forth. That's why it is so unfortunate. We're familiar as well with this government's desire to control information. This is easily a case where we can talk about a causal relation.
I'm a very down-to-earth person. So then I have some specific questions that I hope you can answer for me. Regarding the events that transpired in 2008-2009 and just prior to that time, were any budget cuts implemented? Did you observe an increase in the number of retirements which might account for this situation?