We assess the need for professional services on an ongoing basis. Quite honestly, the pandemic obviously required a number of these services to be provided on an urgent basis, but our government is an ambitious government. We have an ongoing number of new initiatives. I can only reference things like acquiring dental care through a third party provider. There may be many instances where we require some additional assistance in terms of professional services provided by outside consultants.
The vast majority of Public Services and Procurement Canada contracts for goods and services are for work that cannot be and has traditionally not been carried out by public servants, such as construction services, renovation work and shipbuilding. The list goes on. I'm certainly not going to commit that there's going to be the need for fewer professional services provided by outside workers.