We have tried to modernize our means of communication by maximizing the use of resources.
I'll give you a couple of examples of the kinds of things we've undertaken so far.
I know that the House of Commons provides members with a daily press clipping service; I think it's called Quorum. The Privy Council Office is now providing to all of our employees, every morning, an electronic press clipping service, so we no longer photocopy press clippings or cut and paste press clippings. Through that process, we've saved a considerable amount of resources.
We've also consolidated a number of subscriptions to eliminate any duplication or overlap, and we've gone to eliminating newspaper subscriptions. We're using an online press service, something called Library PressDisplay. I shouldn't be advertising for it, but.... Every morning you can look up the front pages of about 1,000 daily newspapers, if you so choose, through a subscription that we're providing.
We're also looking at how we can modernize our approach to media monitoring so as to reduce costs and still provide a quality of service that the Prime Minister, other ministers, and senior officials in the Privy Council Office require. That's a fairly significant modernization effort. It will take several years to implement it in full.
Through that process, we will be able to reduce our expenditures in a number of areas. We're finding that through some of the modernization we're actually expanding our services. Rather than the 60 or 70 people who are getting the press clippings now, all PCO employees will have access to the electronic press clippings that we provide. In a sense, we think we're providing a better service and a more general service. It is a pretty significant transformation exercise. That's just one of several exercises under way in the context of the strategic review.