When you think about the budget, fiscal forecasting and the deficit, we operate on an accrual basis. But in terms of supply and the main estimates, these documents, we operate on a modified cash basis. We effectively deal with cash with departments, and Parliament is charged with approving cash on a year-by-year basis. From that standpoint, we actually do operate on an accrual basis from a fiscal planning lens. But we have to reconcile back between that budget forecasting and where we're going with respect to the operations side and ensuring that parliamentarians can see the cash that they are being asked to approve in terms up to authorities. That's, again, the point of the main estimates. It's the point of the appropriation bills as well.
On February 27th, 2020. See this statement in context.