Looking at the size of the federal public service compared with the size of Canada's population, it's pretty revealing. I think that in the 2006-07 fiscal year, the public service size was 1.06% of our population size. Following prepandemic declines, our public service has reached 2006 levels again. In 2022-23, it was at 1.07% of our population. However, we're projected to decline again. In 2026, we're expecting the public service to dip below 1%.
Have you analyzed which gaps in the public service would result from this decline? We saw the Conservatives cut, say, a third of Veterans Affairs, which led to a backlog that is costing more money for people and to Canadians not getting access to benefits. There were cuts to DFO too.
What does it look like for cuts?