Somewhat. I know your problem, and what we're trying to do—I shouldn't say “we”, but we in the general sense of the word, and it's mostly Treasury Board Secretariat and the Treasury Board working on it—is introduce an early supplementary estimate, and we did that for the first time last year, to incorporate budget measures as soon as possible, so that one doesn't wait till the end of the fiscal year, both to reflect them in the estimates, one, and then, more importantly, to get the money out quickly.
On February 10th, 2009. See this statement in context.