I would say, Mr. Chair, that the honourable member certainly has it correct in the context of how these main estimates are being presented. They're certainly being presented before the budget, which will be coming out on Thursday. They represent planned spending for the organization. Yes, the budget that comes out on Thursday may have an impact on this, but generally, the main estimates also reflect all decisions that were taken during the course of last year. They would have received Treasury Board approval, would have received approval to proceed, including the 2012 budget announcements for savings. They're reflected in these main estimates, and last year, again, because of timing, the Budget 2012 savings were not reflected at the beginning of the main estimates, that's correct. So I think your characterization of where we are today in the context of the budgeting process is actually correct.
On March 19th, 2013. See this statement in context.