The goal of the strategic and operating review was to look at both operations and departmental spending in an effort to get the government back to a balanced budget. The Minister of Finance recently tabled his economic update in terms of how that factors in. The $5.2 billion in ongoing savings will be directed towards getting back to a balanced budget. It's not about reinvestment; it's very much about meeting the government's goal of a balanced budget.
On November 20th, 2012. See this statement in context.