Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Not being on the Standing Committee on Finance -- I know as an alternate, I was once discussing part of this -- I would like to know whether or not the Minister could provide an explanation to the House on each of these write-offs or debts forgiven by the government.

Over the past couple of days, we have been hearing extensively from Ministers about the need to save funding, the need to be able to watch our funding, and the demands that are going to placed upon us. I would like to know what efforts were made to allow for the debts to be forgiven. And, as a Member, I would also like to know the purpose for each of them. Thank you.