As my colleague mentioned, they have to find the savings somewhere. What happens is that you have professionals in the workplace who need professional development in order to keep current. I mean, the world moves forward, and it's a small place, so you have to have professional development. As the departments struggle for money we're going to see more and more people who don't have access to professional development. We're going to see, in a sense, a de-professionalization of the public service, where people aren't really in a position to make decisions with the right information because they certainly haven't kept up their professional development from a departmental standpoint.
On April 14th, 2010. See this statement in context.