The conversation that was referred to earlier at committee involved what the savings will be. These reductions from the CER will be removed from departments' estimates, and this committee will get to see the main estimates with those reductions.
That being said, every expenditure exercise I have ever been involved in also happens at the same time the government is investing in other areas, and this is no different. You will see these reductions, but at the same time, you're seeing investments in other areas. The best example here would be National Defence. They've been asked to find 2% in savings, but at the same time, they're growing. That, in effect, is really a reallocation of their spending.
If you're expecting to see National Defence projections for spending next year to be lower than the current year, they absolutely will not be. The government has announced its investing in that area. You will see other departments undergoing the same thing, where they've reduced in one area, but they're spending in another.
If the committee wants to study this further, I would suggest that when you engage with departments, understand where the reductions have happened or where they plan to get the reductions, but at the same time, ask about other investments the government has made in a department that may offset the planned reductions, because this is about reallocation.