To listen to you, one would actually think you made no cuts, and that these cuts, however substantial.... For example, in literacy, you did cut $17.7 million. You cut $17.6 million out of the refocusing of the workplace skills strategy, all areas where you feel you're actually making new investments and new initiatives.
When you met with your colleagues at the OECD, were you aware that Canada ranks significantly below OECD countries in social spending? We spend 17%, compared to 27.2% in Belgium; 27.4% in Germany; 28.5% in France; 28.9% in Sweden; and 29.2% in Denmark. Are you aware that we are the lowest-spending jurisdiction among those countries that you sat down with and consulted with? Did you ask them any questions regarding where it is that we might bump up in terms of some of the cuts that you made?