Thank you very much for that clear answer.
Mr. Chair, there are some other questions that I may table later, with the pleasure of the committee or your indulgence.
I do note that we have some Treasury Board officials here, and with my remaining time I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate a question that was asked the other day. I suspect that it has maybe not been answered yet. As part of my duty on this committee, I'm trying to understand the number of individuals the government is planning to hire, both gross hires and the net full-time equivalent impacts of the budget measures through the forecast. This is important because we are in the tightest labour market in a generation and people are concerned about wage-price pressures. If the federal government is intending to hire at the existing rates it has been doing over the last five years, it will create significant challenges for those in the private sector trying to access labour. If there's an answer to that question, I would love to have that now, but would appreciate an answer in writing if it's not available today.