Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. You'll recall that the government put in place the economic action plan, which resulted in growth in spending, and then on the heels of that, as that was wound down, the government went through some reductions. Certain categories of spending were off

Public Accounts committee  Maybe I'll start and then let my colleague from Finance finish. That's been a steady decline. When you think about the public debt charges, if I recall correctly, going back to 1996-97 our expenses on public debt were eating up about 30% of our expenses. That leaves 70%, just gr

Public Accounts committee  Before my colleague responds, the page reference— this is on page 2.43 in the French version. It's 2.43 in French.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the committee, good afternoon. We are pleased to be here to answer questions on the Public Accounts for the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2014. As you already mentioned, I am joined today by two colleagues: Michel Vaillant, Acting Executi