I have a couple of things.
First, I know that Mr. Barrett doesn't want me to go back 10 years, in that he wasn't here, but his leader was here. In fact, he was in cabinet when they doubled the pay to the Governor General, so yes, I think it is relevant in that we have a conversation about how we do things.
I'm feeling a little blindsided about this too. It's like Mr. Housefather said. You cut a certain amount and there are no details about it—whether this is going to be about travel, about staff or about clothing or whatever expenses come in.
I'm open to the conversation. I want to have this conversation. Like Mr. Housefather, I also sat in local government. Even at the local government level, you actually look at things. You do a report with your staff, you come back and then you make decisions, instead of arbitrarily deciding on this certain amount of money that could not do what we actually want it to do.
If we want to cut in certain areas, then let's do that, but let's do it right. We have a study we're doing that we're not doing—instead, we're constantly reacting.
We have eight studies, Mr. Chair. We have not completed a single study in two years—