In fact, these are the licences that one has to pay for so that each of the employees can have access to basic telecommunication tools, such as emails or Teams.
What is unpredictable is that each federal department is going to have new programs and new activities and is going to seek budgets for that. In this context, departments will determine whether they need more full-time equivalents or more person-years. Part of the financial demand will then include the cost of providing these services.
When you offer a licence, you have to pay a supplier. That's the model. That's the only way to do it.
Maybe one day I'll be told that we have to return money because we won't need to cover the cost of these licences. Then there might be a reduction—