Thank you for your presentation. Having seen all these TV ads from CPA, I always feel compelled to ask what the “P” stands for, but I think I know, so I will go on to more serious questions.
I think one of the things that really strikes people in comparing the federal budget to a provincial budget is how, in a provincial budget, you have a breakdown of spending by department. In effect, you have the estimates being presented as part of the budget. I think it strikes a lot of people as strange that in the federal budget documents, you don't actually find a breakdown of how much money is being allocated to each department.
I'm just wondering if you could speak to what would be required to put the federal budget on the same basis as a provincial budget. Would moving the main estimates to an accrual basis do that? Would it involve a change in the timing of the budget? Would it involve other factors?