I don't have the exact numbers in terms of contracting, but we will get it to the committee, Mr. Chair.
Our contracting practices depend on the workload, and also the expertise that is required by the department. In transport we always end up going outside with certain contracts. For example, certain kinds of economic analysis for monitoring grain movements for transportation—those things are often contracted out because expertise exists outside.
As the budget reductions come in, we are going to be looking at what we contract out, and the best use of public money. We're always very careful about that, but we'll give you the trend for the past few years.