I think there are two things that we are discussing here: one is proactive participation and the second is reactive participation. The proactive participation is not that we're claiming to be consultants on the budget. Instead, what we want is a coordinated effort. At the moment, everything operates in silos. So if we have a coordinated effort between Finance and, say, the Status of Women, those pre-budget consultations are not our mandate. If we could appeal to them and say, listen, if we could sit and look at this, at least it will help your budget processing, instead of your coming before us and our always asking you and reacting to this and that.
I think that's the essence of what we were trying to do, or what Ms. Mathyssen was trying to project. It's proactive participation. Then, when they have done it, we will have a better feel for it. And if we have made a mistake, then we can blame ourselves. But I think this opens up a participative process.
Are you comfortable with that?