Just to be very clear, the budget process is not based on the Department of Finance just doling money out willy-nilly. This is based on expressed needs by departments. The minister has written to the Minister of Finance requesting a certain sum of money to do a certain program or fulfill a certain mandate commitment. That is scrutinized very vigorously by the Department of Finance to make sure that the funding is in fact required and is going to serve the government's objectives.
Departments are not surprised to get budget money. They've asked for it, and they know in some level of detail what they will be doing with it. It does take time to go from finding out that you got money in the budget to actually working with your program partners and negotiating contracts to be able to present detailed terms and conditions. That explains in part why we're at 45% allocated.