I have one final question, Mr. Minister.
On page 16 of your statement, you say: « [...] we are ensuring deputy ministers have the tools they need to fulfil their responsibilities and for managing the people [...] ». We know that Ms. Barrados worked very hard with deputy ministers to improve the staffing process. Extraordinary amounts of money have been allocated to outside firms to meet staffing needs. You must certainly be aware of this.
How is it that you state that deputy ministers should have all the tools they need to fulfil their responsibilities for managing people, whereas we are spending millions of dollars to go and find staff outside the government, and private sector firms are getting these millions of dollars?
Are you aware of this, Mr. Smith or Mr. Toews?