Mr. Chairman, the moneys that are before the Assembly today include cost of living increases approved by the federal Treasury Board and salary increases. They include the inflationary costs of volume growth in court cases and member's costs in attending court cases and they include inflation for a fixed cost like leases, utilities, fuel, vehicle maintenance, vacation travel, etcetera.
So in part, 30 per cent of this budget is really out of our hands and that is the part on which there has been a shortfall which has resulted in these particular vacancies. I am hoping that it can be resolved. I want to assure the Member. But until the coming fiscal year is clear, and the budget is finalized, it would be premature to restaff those positions on an interim basis.