I appreciate that.
I have to say on behalf of the government that it was a very difficult decision that was made when we instituted the deficit reduction action plan. It was a very tough round of many, many meetings. It is not easy to see job losses, but in the interests of Canada we did what we felt was best to reduce the back office in many of these ministries.
I would say that it is simply absolutely misleading to suggest that the government didn't spend the hundreds of hours of time that were dedicated to reviewing the deficit reduction action plan, reviewing every ministry, and actually hiring an outside agency to give us the advice that was provided. I can assure you the government took this very seriously and we still believe that we did what was in the interests of Canadians and of our country.
So I appreciate that: thanks.