Thank you for that explanation. You've just touched on what the hot-button issue here is, and that is the budget. You've referenced the budget. The budget and the spending authorities really should come as one package. In this case, the borrowing authority has been separated out. It's like putting the cart before the horse. We have a budget that's supposedly coming, but it hasn't come for two years. However, the government wants us to trust that it's going to use that borrowing authority wisely. We have no track record or reason to actually trust it.
Again, I'm wondering why it is that the budget still hasn't been tabled, yet even you, as finance officials, are linking the borrowing in Bill C-14 to what might come in the budget. I'm puzzled, unless I misunderstand this.