Thank you very much.
We certainly appreciate all of you being here today. This is a very important part of the work we do. Your information, advice, and comments are very much appreciated. Thank you for attending.
I'm going to ask some general questions first. I know that perhaps Treasury Board will be able to answer some of these, and then I'll get into some specific departmental matters.
Total estimates to date are $266.6 billion, including $261.6 billion in the main estimates, $1.9 billion under supplementary estimates (A), and $3.1 billion under supplementary estimates (B). After adjustments, total budgeted expenditures for 2010-2011 are $280.5 billion, I believe.
Given that this is a time of fiscal restraint and that the government has promised to cut back on costs and to find savings, you're coming back asking for more funds. Could you address that concern I may have, just in a general sense, that we're looking at trying to be more fiscally prudent and yet are looking for more funds?