Mr. Speaker, the opposition is so overcome by the truth that it no longer considers asking questions.
But even if the hon. member did not ask a question, I think it is clear that our program spending, will have gone down from $120 billion to $103 billion next year, which means that our departments have had to absorb the majority of our spending cuts. We cut administrative spending more than we cut transfer payments. In fact, the government cut its own spending by 22 per cent, so as to restore its fiscal responsibility.
And I must say that if there had been no separatists on the other side, the results would have been even better.