I don't think that answer gives a lot of confidence, given what's going on with the amount of subcontracting. We've seen example after example. I'm concerned that the Prime Minister's commitment in 2015 has totally fallen off the chart and that both you and Minister Jaczek feel confident about the course you're taking and that the morale of the public service is fine. That's not what we're hearing.
The public service, we know, is mired in excessive rules and oversight, which makes it difficult for public servants to move quickly and be innovative. This is part of a government obsession with risk aversion, and it makes it incredibly difficult to do anything at all. A public servant in 2021 needed to produce 45 different documents, almost 40,000 words, just for a simple four-page website listing of government services.
Why don't you trust public servants to use their judgment and exercise their creativity and innovation, but you trust consulting companies to do both?