Permit me to respectfully disagree. I think there was a report from C.D. Howe yesterday that said the federal government's estimates and predictions on budget were a lot closer to reality than in any other province or territory. We should take some sort of comfort from that independent study.
I would say to you that on the EI account, we pay what is statutorily required. The link is between what is in the budget and then what is paid out in the public accounts. The number in the public accounts is whatever is required to be paid out. Whoever meets the criteria of the program.... We as a government pay that out.
There's no gerrymandering, Gerry. There's simply a requirement to meet our statutory obligations, and that's what we do.