Thank you.
If I may answer, I must say, partly in answer to a previous question, that the minister has asked me to look at this. The minister was concerned with some of what was heard and she wants to be assured that what we are doing in fact makes sense and that the value is well spent. That is, in part, another one of the factors that triggered me to look at all of this.
We need to be fair. On the international work, as we said earlier, I know it's hard for people to understand that it's not a luxury. It appears to be a luxury and it appears that travelling business class is a luxury, but very often we will be travelling through the night. To get to London now, you travel through the night. To get to Prague, you arrive in London, spend some time at the airport, and then go off to Prague that same day. Sometimes we will do that. We'll be in Europe for two days and then turn around and come back because we can't miss more time at the office.
We have a certain responsibility for the health and well-being of the civil servants as well, and to put them in a position of great physical difficulty in those kinds of circumstances is I think why the Treasury Board is the place where that kind of conversation happened regarding the overall guidelines. It was to make sure that Canadians get best value for money, but that public servants are treated in a way that is careful with regard to their health and well-being.
Given all of that, as I said earlier, we are now seeking alternative ways, such as using our upgrade vouchers and those kinds of things when we travel. There are very few alternatives to go to Europe, other than by plane, so....