What was just attributed to me by the PBO is in fact not accurate. As a matter of fact, I just pointed out to my friend from the Bloc that the primary achievement this year for budget reduction is going to be the $19 billion that will no longer be spent on the stimulus program. It has nothing to do with attrition at all; it's just that this money is not going to be spent.
I would simply like the PBO to be more careful in his publications and statements and I would certainly appreciate his simply saying, all other things aside, whether he was talking about net or not net, that the government is correct when they say that attrition this year will be something over 11,000 people.
That's all. If he would just say that, it would be great.