Ultimately, in many cases, the authority for expenditures must come from Treasury Board. We are seeing increased spending in shipbuilding because of delays and some decisions that have to be made, unfortunately, which run counter to the National Shipbuilding Strategy.
What is the Privy Council Office's position on the ever-increasing spending?
Isn't there a brake to be put on, at some point, in order to respect the budget that was originally planned?