Thank you very much for your presentation.
I agree that we had a choice. The first decision that the prime minister made was to reduce the size of cabinet.
After that, the first decision that our committee made was to cut the $23 million or $24 million that we saved by reducing the size of cabinet. That was the first place, of course, where we cut spending. That was the prime minister's first decision.
We also decided not to spend the approximately $20 million to increase the budget for regional ministers, such as my budget as minister responsible for Ontario. That decision is another good example.
In terms of the percentage of its budget, my department underwent the second largest cuts. That is how we were affected.
You also mentioned a number of other cuts. I know that if your budget were cut, there would be an impact. It would not be a good day for you.
I will continue in English.
To put the reductions in context, if I were to put 400 quarters on the floor here, these budget reductions would be take one single quarter off. When we were increasing spending by more than 5%, we took these savings and put them into health care and a cancer control strategy, and we increased supports to families with children with disabilities—to try to respond to other pressures.
So we may have valid differences of opinion, which I think is fair, but we had choices and our choice was to put more into health care, a cancer control strategy, and more to support families with children with disabilities.