All right. We'll chat some more in an elevator.
Let me start, first of all, by addressing some of the questions I have about Service Canada. As you know, Service Canada, for the last six months at least, has struggled to deliver an adequate level of services to Canadians who are applying for EI, CPP, or OAS.
Staff at EI call centres have shockingly high rates, as you know, of long-term disability leave, especially when compared to the rest of Service Canada. Yet, when I look at the estimates before us, why is the budget for citizen-centred service being chopped by nearly 30% and for staff by 2.8%?