Thank you for your request for being succinct. I will try to be. I'm just jotting this down here.
All budgets are going to be frozen at the 2010 levels. As I'm sure you're aware, that includes all spending. From year to year, PCO has any number of issues that they deal with. As I'm sure you're aware, it's not just the Prime Minister's Office; there are also four other departmental offices, or portions thereof, that get funded, and situations can cause that funding to increase. You already mentioned a couple of those: the G-8 and the G-20. One of the particular ministerial assists to the Prime Minister has significant travel implications related to his abilities, and that quite rightly requires some extra attention. There have been a number of issues that the PMO has had to engage Canadians on that required extra attention, extra dollars, extra resources.
When we say we're looking at a departmental freeze, keep in mind that if there are extraordinary situations that come along, that could result in a request for an increase. Basically we're saying it's frozen, but there could be extraordinary situations that would require an increase.