Mr. Speaker, in short, no. We are making the cuts according to the programs and services we have reviewed. They are going to be cut as part of our endeavours to get the deficit down and to cut government expenditures.
It is the positions that are associated with those programs and services that will be cut. Some of them will be long term positions, some will be contractual positions. We will be monitoring the entire situation to make sure that at the end of the day after the cuts are made, we will still have a public service that is able to provide the needs of Canadians in an efficient and effective manner.