Thank you very much.
Ms. Carr, there are several things I find paradoxical. I'd like to know your thoughts on them.
On the one hand, when there was talk of cutbacks in national defence, the minister said that they would make cuts in professional services and subcontracting.
This prompts us to wonder if we have sufficient resources internally to do the work that won't be going to private companies.
On the other hand, under the Liberals, there seems to have been an increase in contracting out as well as an increase in the size of the public service.
A lot of things seem paradoxical to me. I'd like to hear your thoughts on what's been going on over the last few years.