Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If you look through the government budget as a whole, other departments which have more than 27 PYs don't have more than three people in their policy and coordination section so we're wondering why this particular department, with only one activity and I think four or five tasks, requires three people in their policy and coordination section. Other departments which have hundreds of people in various activities don't require that many people to do their policy and coordination.

We're questioning this because we compared it to various departments in the budget and we note this particular department had three people specifically assigned to policy and coordination. We're questioning why it is required to have these three people specifically assigned to do this work. We felt, for a cost-saving measure, there was a possibility that the deputy minister and his executive assistant could take on this role, rather than having three people in this area. We raised that concern in our internal discussions and are questioning the Minister here today.