I realize there are some year-to-year fluctuations and variations, but when looking at most government departments, the expense of running government actually goes up. PCO was one where we've seen it stay equal or actually go down. When you factor in inflation, it seems to be a more impressive record. Just looking at numbers, that shines through.
The second part is—and usually government departments.... Bill, you mentioned that it's mostly in salaries, particularly at PCO. When you look at the full-time equivalents, in 2005-06 there were about 1,117 full-time equivalents. Looking at the projections for this year, I think you said you're looking at 987. Again, it's not a massive reduction. The department is smaller now than it was seven years ago and is still providing the same high-level service, when we're talking about your ongoing, continuous cycle of evaluation you are putting forward.
It seems to me that in the budgeting process the PCO has done a very good job of meeting the demands that are placed upon on it on a year-to-year basis. But overall, if you look at the actual growth of the department, you have remained pretty stable for at least over half a decade.
Am I accurate in comparing those numbers now?