Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just very briefly, as the other Members have alluded to, we are passing this budget. It was the best we could do with the information we had available to us. Rainy days are on the horizon here and if there are opportunities for savings, I think we should be looking for them -- efficiencies. But, Mr. Speaker, let’s be very clear that we do not want this government to be taking any kind of efficiency or cost-saving measures without talking to us first. Because many times we’ve said something on this side of the House but the manifestation of what is
being delivered we don’t recognize. When the initiative comes forward it’s either gone so far beyond what we thought or, somehow, something was lost in translation.
Mr. Speaker, I think we do need to be cautious in our spending going forward, but anything that is significant -- and I’ll use Mr. Krutko’s words -- I caution the government that they should make sure they have buy-in from this side of the House before they proceed with any major changes. Thank you.