Let me explain the situation. Of course, the Auditor General is an agent of Parliament and we respect his or her independence. That's also true for the House of Commons, as well as other agencies that are independent of government. I did take it upon myself, as President of the Treasury Board, to write to these various other branches of our democracy and indicate to them that government departments and agencies are pursuing a particular plan to see if they can cut their budgets by 5% or up to 10%, and that I would appreciate their input, on a voluntary basis, to see whether they could do the same.
The Auditor General communicated back, quite keen to participate on a voluntary basis in this initiative, understanding that, perhaps, the Auditor General has to lead by example in some cases. So he has been pursuing this. He does not review that with me. He makes those decisions himself, and certainly we are very encouraging of that. For you to be aware, I've written the same letter to the Speaker of the House and the Speaker of the Senate, and it would be very encouraging of them to do the same thing.