Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, normally when we ask for a supply bill, an interim appropriation, until we get the main estimates through the House, we ask departments to come forward with enough money to operate for the period of time specified; in this case it's three months. We also say to departments that they must have in that particular bill, the money required to pay for any contractual agreements that they have, and that is what the Financial Administration Act states. So, it is not normal to put new initiatives. It is not normal to put into an interim appropriation things that have not yet been discussed by the House, or as I say, are new initiatives in a particular department.

It merely is enough money to make the government operate while consideration is being given to the main estimates. So that is why the Premier answered the way she did; it is not normal to have those other things in an interim appropriation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.