I would just add that it isn't unusual to increase investments in one program while making cuts in other areas to adjust the funding. This can be done. However, it's obviously necessary to look at each proposed cut and determine whether it makes sense.
My colleague, Ms. Cianfarani, touched on a matter that certainly worries our members. It concerns the professional service cuts. We know why this happened. The news wasn't good for the government. Professional services were shut down. However, some of the contracts were quite important.
Our members' comments show that this certainly isn't the type of contract that Canadians, and ultimately the government, were trying to eliminate. Unfortunately, these contracts ended up in the wave of professional service cuts. In our members' view, these cuts, driven by the political environment, were unnecessary. Unfortunately, this will affect contracts that were important to the government, and ultimately to Canadians.