I think the concern amongst Canadians and certainly among some parliamentarians is there is a political veneer to this, or a political lens in that we are now captured by a game of how big the deficit is going to be, and can we shrink the deficit. And if we actually lower the deficit beyond what were the original expectations, then it shows the government to be good fiscal managers.
I think that's really one of the concerns I might have. There may be an effort to inflate statutory spending, which is big-ticket spending, and then simply not use the funds, and then show the projected deficit wasn't as high as what it was first anticipated to be.
I'm not suggesting you comment on that, but what you're telling us is you don't actually police that behaviour. Treasury Board doesn't necessarily police that kind of behaviour.