Mr. Speaker, the Member should properly be more appalled, if he is at all, at the action taken by the federal government in reducing the commitments they had made in the previous languages agreement. It is a substantial reduction that the federal government has made in the new languages agreement now before us. The federal government is also moving to reduce funding to this government in a number of other areas and programs, so vote 4 money and vote 1 money are both being reduced.

As a government, we have also overspent, again this year. It is anticipated that there will be a substantial deficit. From somewhere, we have to recover fiscally. I don't purport to speak for the Minister of Finance but we are under instructions to find ways in which we can live within our means. As a Minister, I'm simply responding to questions, I'm not withholding information. I do know that when I go on at great length trying to give great detail to Members, I'm sometimes admonished for going on too long.

Over the last couple of years, anyway, I have tried to make my answers focused, simple and to the point. There is no intention to withhold information from Members. I was very happy to be in committee of the whole the other day to finally present my budget for the coming year as the Minister of Justice. But, I've been stood down. Perhaps during the next few days or early next week, I'll have the opportunity to answer in great detail all the questions Members may have in this regard. Thank you.