It does strike me as a somewhat theoretical concept that you are sort of saving the $16 million, but then you're re-spending it, and you're saying that you're taking from the centre $16 million less than you otherwise would have taken. I would think that would be a little difficult to measure.
Anyway, are we going to be told at any time what that $16 million in savings consisted of, from which programs or which kinds of expenditures? Also, the budget said that not $16 million but more like $23 million was the target for your department, so are you going to have additional savings?
Are we going to be told what those savings consist of, other than the gobbledygook in the budget with words like “improve use of internal resources and administrative efficiency”. That doesn't tell you anything. Are we going to find out what programs are involved in these savings?