I'm going to give the rationale on why I said that.
It's been a source of frustration to me all the time I worked in government, because everybody would always say that with all that spending, there have to be billions and billions of dollars that somehow just disappear, so you can cut and no one feels it. Obviously, by definition, every single dollar the government spends goes to something or to somebody, and there are always implications to it.
You have to make choices, and Parliament makes choices. You're politicians, so you therefore have to make political choices. But there isn't some little mysterious bag out there that you can cut and no one's going to feel the effect of it.
So yes, the cherished programs get touched, as does the money that goes to people, whether they're civil servants or people on some type of assistance. That's the harsh reality of the world. Unfortunately, you have to face those choices when you cut spending.