Mr. Chairman, I am not trying to stop communities from taking on programs. I am not letting it happen. The concern addressed, Mr. Chairman, is that we say we are going to give programs to the communities and that we are not going to short-change them. But, what does this mean for other people that are not taking on these programs? Are we short-changing them if they do not have these programs? The more we spend on giving money to communities that have control, the less we have for the government to deliver to other communities.

I do not know what the Deputy Government Leader is referring to when he suggests that when we deliver those programs, we are not going to short-change them. Are we then looking at an increase in our deficit in order to maintain those programs?