Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, when Fort Providence made the large cash contribution that it did, the cost-sharing arrangement for the facility was different than it is today. With the new municipal capital assistance policy, one of the goals of the policy was to put in an arrangement whereby municipalities made a contribution to all capital infrastructure based upon their ability to contribute. At that particular time, sport and recreation facilities in the non-tax-based municipalities were the only infrastructure where communities had to make a contribution. But in bringing in the requirements for contributions, the amount of the contribution was reduced substantially.

Also, we brought in new arrangements whereby municipalities would be able to make part of their contribution through in-kind services, recognizing their inabilities to raise direct-cash revenue to make contributions towards capital projects. So it is somewhat of a different situation entirely to the situation that existed when Fort Providence made the large cash contribution to the recreation project Mr. Gargan is referring to.