Now, Justin Trudeau, during the last eight and a half or almost nine years, has increased the size of the federal professional public service by over 40%. In 2015, he promised to cut back on the use of external contracts, yet in the fiscal year 2022-23, he spent $15.7 billion on professional and social services, some of that going to KPMG.
I know that you are retained by the Government of Canada as a consultant to provide an opinion or a recommendation on the government's ability to cut down on consultants. Leaving aside the irony of hiring a consultant to teach the Government of Canada how to cut back on consultants, I personally could have saved the government almost $700,000 by simply saying, “Use the federal public service that you increased by 40%.”
Now, you released that report directly to the government. Is that correct?