Mr. Speaker, in follow-up to my Member’s statement, I have some questions for the Premier, just so the public, and maybe even the public service, understands exactly what is afoot here in our government with respect to the infamous $135 million reduction. The reduction, I think, is intended to take place over two years. But in terms of the communication that went out to the departments.... And, as I said in my Member’s statement, I am not really in favour of across-the-board proportional reductions. I don’t think that it is very strategic. We want to talk about strategic investments; I want to talk about strategic reductions.

I’d like to ask the Premier if he could characterize the nature of the communication that went to the departments. Was it that this was intended for a very preliminary review, that these were tentative numbers? Or has the work already commenced, decisions put into actions?