Absolutely. I think I speak for this committee: we would like to see the plan too. We've been asking deputy ministers those very issues. It's quite critical.
I note one of the departments, the corrections department, for example, didn't furnish you with the information that you require, and certainly that we require, to get a good sense of how many more employees they're going to need for the Truth in Sentencing Act.
It is interesting to note that Statistics Canada published figures back in 2007 on the public service attrition rate, and of course they haven't reported back since that time. That would play an important role in knowing the impact on the operating budget freeze.
I want to go to a third point, and that is something you raised in your opening comment. This is on cabinet confidence. We have heard this is quite an issue, and that's one of the reasons why you're not getting the information you need.
You mentioned that in 2005 the Liberal government at the time published all its planned cuts by ministry and by business line. It was even on a website before those cuts were actually made.
If it wasn't a cabinet confidence in 2005, why do you think it's a cabinet confidence in 2010-11?