I'm not so sure I can explain the reasons why they're cutting so many jobs. What I can say is that hardly a week goes by in which I'm not getting letters with names of people from different government departments who are going to be laid off. They tell me 48 hours before they tell the individuals, so that we can have people on the ground with them when they do that.
That's why I'm able to come here with human stories about people who are losing their whole livelihoods, stories such as I related about Ms. Ferland. Not only her job is gone, but the fact that she had caregivers, the fact that other workers worked with her and lost their jobs as well because her job is gone, shows the type of real impact it has on the economy.
We are not given any insight into the thinking or the reasons why they do it.