Of course.
In Budget 2022, which was tabled in April, the government committed to two types of spending review.
If memory serves, the first was to focus on COVID‑19 spending after the budget was tabled. The government had mentioned it was going to try to reduce that spending for fiscal 2022‑23 or 2023‑24, I believe.
In its fall 2022 Economic Statement in November, the government claimed victory because it had reduced spending for the fiscal year, even though the fiscal year was already over when the budget was tabled in April. By taking credit for things that happened in the past, most of which must have already been known when the April budget was tabled, the government appears to be trying to avoid having to do the thorough spending review it committed to in April.
This calls into question the credibility of the upcoming Strategic Policy Review, if there is one. It's supposed to generate $6 billion in savings per year by 2026‑27, and $3 billion per year thereafter.
So it's a little hard to follow the government's rationale for claiming victory based on this initial review.