In other words, if a bargaining unit would negotiate an increase of 1.5% per year, where in the past Treasury Board would have given a department the money to cover that cost increase, going forward, departments would have to absorb that increase from existing reference levels. The truth is that in anticipation of future increases departments had already received the money in their budgets for these increases in the future years, so what this represents is that money being clawed back--
On June 14th, 2011. See this statement in context.