Not as much as some economists like to think. There's something called automatic stabilizers, the EI program, for example. If we have a rise in the unemployment rate and people are applying in the areas where they can actually access EI—more in the east than the west—that would kick in. But for the most part, I think spending can be controlled; it's not as dependent upon the rate of economic growth as revenues are.
On February 25th, 2008. See this statement in context.