You said in response to a question from Mr. Warkentin, I believe, that estimates are subservient to the budget. We've done a lot of studying about the estimates, partly under the tutelage of Mr. Matthews, to help the committee get up to speed on the constitutional importance of the estimates.
Is it not true that the estimates are where you come to Parliament to ask permission to spend money? In my view, that kind of trumps the budget, which is more or less a statement of how you plan to spend that money that we've given you permission to spend.