I thank you for your question.
Clearly our mandate is broad: we carry out economic and fiscal analyses, cost estimates and expenditure reviews. Our team needs the $2.8 million budget. I'm expecting good news in that regard.
We work with a $1.8 million budget. If we cannot get the $2.8 million budget, it will still be possible for us to continue preparing economic and fiscal forecasts and to review the impacts of programs like those related to infrastructure. Several members of my small team remain on assignment, but that will soon come to an end. This is a critical time for our office.