Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Deputy Minister Watson, contrary to what the minister was talking about here.... I'm an engineer. I work with numbers. When I viewed these numbers from the core side of the budget, excluding the stimulus package that is temporary for two years, in 2006 it was $239 million. Then I saw $247 million, $242 million, $297 million, $183 million, and $173 million, and then, in 2012, $160 million.
Could you speak specifically to reducing the core operating budget compared to what it was under the Liberal government? Why is it decreasing every year?