Mr. Chairman, as I said before -- and I agree with Mr. Koe -- it is a large sum of money. I don't want you to think that we were merely going to this particular area and saying are we doing it right, do we have our sums correct and is the formula correct. We were looking at the whole aspect of labour working for the Government of the Northwest Territories, whether it's in management, middle management or anybody who is working.
We were looking at the status of what our collective agreement said we should pay; what demands might be made of us in future years; what the make-up of our civil service was; how long they had been working for us; why was there certain turnover in certain areas, et cetera. It wasn't just pinpointing this particular area, we were looking at the whole labour area and this is one of the things that came to light.
So, Mr. Chairman, as I say, I recognize it's a large number. Why didn't we do it over two or three years? The fact of the matter is, is that once it came to the Comptroller General's attention that we were short by this much in that account, he had to report it and, consequently, we decided to do it in one year, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.