Please, allow me to interrupt.
If the government made some savings in a program and decided to use that money for a completely different purpose, would it be required to inform Parliament? For example, the government might decide to make some savings in an activity because it wants to spend it in another, but the other overall amount would remain the same. Would it have to inform someone?
You said that ministers cannot do that on their own, which is understandable. They have to ask Treasury Board for the authority to use the money from one vote to another. However, could the government do the same thing without Parliament being made aware? I'm not saying this government intends to that, it is just a theoretical question.