However, in my view, the decision not to ask the Treasury Board is critical here, because we are talking about close to a $120-million difference. Don't you think that a decision of this magnitude would not just be at the Phoenix executive level? It would not even be just at the level of the deputy minister. It would have to go to the ministerial level. Don't you think this decision of whether to ask or not to ask, or to proceed with this very limited budget, must have been taken in the confidence of the minister's office?
On May 31st, 2018. See this statement in context.