When it's fully implemented, it is one tool that will allow us to be able to gather this information on a much more timely basis, and we are able to collect this data right across the government. Clearly that's going to be important. It is a tool that'll allow us as well to assess spending against results. Performance results will also be included as part of the information that we can gather through that system.
But it's only one tool. Our view is that an effective expenditure management system needs a number of different tools as a system to collect the data. The data must be organized in a format so that resources are actually aligned to those particular outcomes. Departments have to do that first and foremost, and then you need the system to be able to collect it.
The other tool we've talked about is the need for a strong evaluation function in departments, so that on an ongoing basis someone is assessing whether in fact the resources are actually achieving the outcomes that have been articulated to departments. We see the expenditure management system as a whole number of tools that are required in order to be effective and to answer the questions that I think Canadians expect governments to answer.