Mr. Matthews, the Treasury Board is requesting $151.7 million essentially for salary increases, yet over the last few years, my recollection is that thousands of positions have been eliminated from the government and every time you eliminate positions, you're saving money.
I don't want to do the estimate, but we're into hundreds of millions of dollars saved on salaries, etc. Why do we have to provide another $151.7 million, when you've already scooped up hundreds of millions of dollars?