I think the Standing Orders do allow for addressing supply on an emergency basis through government orders. When there is a national emergency and there is co-operation between parties in recognition of that, that is a possible way to deal with such things.
Really we're down to this conflict between bureaucratic expediency and democratic accountability. Those are two different things. I do understand that if you make the accountability measures so difficult that departments can't execute their functions, that's a problem, but allowing latitude for expenditure without proper oversight is an issue as well. That's what the conflict is.
Just in the last moment I have left, I can maybe address the issue of vote 40 as it applies to the Department of Transportation. There was $60 million in the A2.11 table of the budget. How do these allocations fit within purpose-based votes? Will funds allocated under vote 40 be transferrable according to purpose-based votes? How will that work?