Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have to get the Minister to explain that to me, because it makes no sense. If, in fact, they acknowledge that there are surplus positions, granted that these are specialized functions that the Minister is asking for, and I appreciate that, but there are under-utilized positions.

If there was a human resource strategy where these were identified, my suggestion is that government would have room to move. To start shuffling some of these many, many, many positions if they took the time and had the human resource strategy. That would negate the need for a department like Aboriginal Affairs to come forward having to ask for new positions.

In fact, they should be able to go and take the necessary steps, in a planned way, to make better use of their own human resources that are sitting there. That are being paid for, but are not properly utilized in a time of significant fiscal restraint, when we are telling municipalities to suck it up for seven percent here coming down the pipe. Thank you.