Mr. Chair, I'm going to try to follow the line of questioning I had earlier.
First of all, Mr. Smith, thank you for being here. I'm really glad that you have 27 years of experience in the estimates process. As a fairly recent parliamentarian, I can say it is probably going to take me at least 27 years to begin to understand even part of what you know.
You earlier indicated, in terms of the committee process, that the committee can reduce but not increase the estimates. We've had some assumptions here that perhaps the government is spending money that hasn't been approved. Does the federal government spend any money without the approval of Parliament as it goes through the estimates process?