As a result, I, as an administrator, don't know my budget until September. So what do I do? Well, I put my foot on the brake. So my organization puts on the brakes until September. I don't know how much money I'll have. Perhaps I'll get a letter in July or August, Mr. Godin, telling me that my organization has suffered cuts. I've already spent the money; I was absolutely unable to do my budget planning. I believe this is an aberration, a bad investment for the Canadian government, since we're doing our job, not 12 months a year like any other company, business or department, but in seven months. So how can we “deliver the goods”—pardon the expression. We do it in seven months, whereas we should be doing it over 12 months. We do everything quickly. We put an enormous amount of pressure on staff and volunteers. That creates the turnover rates that Mr. Audet mentioned a little earlier.
On May 15th, 2008. See this statement in context.