We at ISC participated in the 15% reduction exercise that was asked of every department. We felt that the impact at ISC was going to be extensive, which is why in our approach we worked with the Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister, who took the decision to protect the budget. The cost-efficiency exercise that looks at the 2% is not a $2.3-billion cut. It is actually going to be an internal exercise of looking at what can we do with reduction of operations, what can we do in terms of looking at the programs that have come to end of life, and what can we do to enhance and modernize efficiencies in our department to offer a better service.
A lot of the work that we did this summer was spent speaking to communities and one-on-one engagements. We also want to acknowledge that many groups did submit pre-budget requests and we wanted to have discussions on different topics across the country. They varied greatly. It was a very thorough, enlightening experience for me to hear directly from a great many different leaders. The figures for the 2% are actually ranging more around $490 million. We are going to ensure that in the second part of our exercise we're really looking at where those targets are going to be to enhance efficiency, at where are we going to modernize, what does it mean in terms of accommodating service delivery in a digital process, how can we reach those communities that have that capacity and how can we build a new mechanism.