In fact, you've answered part of your question. The letter that was provided to the chair and to members does in fact correct an error that was made in coding the supplementary tables, and it was identified by officials to me last evening. I suggested we write directly to the chair to correct that. It includes the Manuge class action lawsuit settlement. That is a big chunk of that money, $1 billion, that was identified as professional expenses, which was improper.
With respect to General Leslie's work, when he was still a member of the Canadian Forces, he presented in a report certain suggestions on contracting. Much of that work in reducing contracts was well under way to coincide with the end of the combat mission in Afghanistan.
In fact, the department is reducing a number of the contractors and resources that were expended on contracting with expected savings in the range of $455 million. We're delivering savings by centralizing and streamlining some of the services. We are taking steps to curtail some of the national procurement process in purchasing of equipment and spare parts, and we are centralizing some of that procedure. That will result in savings of some $75 million.
Also, the department is centralizing and streamlining some of the human resources processes, and organizations are becoming more agile at delivering services across the country. That is to say, in a number of bases now across Canada, we are able to deliver services more efficiently, more effectively.
I spoke earlier about the end of the combat mission in Afghanistan and the eventual end of the training mission in March 2014. This will also result in considerable savings. The change in operational tempo will have a commensurate effect on savings.