That's why we're taking a further step, to actually take all the items listed in budget table A2.11 and put them in the supply bill for those people who can't connect the annex to the main estimates, which clearly indicate that. I'm just taking a further step to make that clear. It's part of a broader results-based approach that our government is taking. The Treasury Board is very engaged in reporting not just programs but results, and in some cases, even challenges we're having on specific programs, so that the public is aware of what we're investing in and that we're not just looking at outputs in terms of spending but actually measuring outcomes.
As I said earlier, one of the things I want to do more of is purpose-based votes whereby parliamentarians have even more input, and ultimately, authority. Again, on this, just simply sequencing the main estimates after a budget makes the discussion this morning a far more pertinent one than the ones we used to have where the main estimates would come out and a few weeks later the budget would come out. Basically, all the discussion we had on the main estimates up to that point would be rendered out of date, and to a certain extent, less relevant. It's something on which The Globe and Mail, in 2016, said:
the current sequence is bad to the point of absurdity, with spending estimates usually coming before the budget, and in a different accounting format, rendering them virtually meaningless. It's a discredited practice that has only served to keep MPs in the dark about how tax dollars are being spent.
It is something we take very seriously. As some of you might be aware, I'm coming up on 21 years as a member of Parliament, and most of those years have been spent in opposition and at committee. It is one of the reasons I personally feel very vested in our work to make government, not just our government but future governments, more accountable to Parliament. It is absolutely fundamental to what we do. We've made significant progress and will continue to work to make more progress.