I can break it down to an extent. The categories, as I think the minister mentioned earlier, of spending that really represent the bulk of that money—the large dollar values—would be for very specialized activities. For instance, for the design of our new fleets of ships for the navy, that work is coded to “professional services” in our financial systems. Obviously, that is very different to what would be considered management consulting, where earlier we mentioned a roughly $73-million spend for activities also under “professional services” but specific to management services.
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