Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I guess I have to say I reject Mr. Henry's premise. I say you do not collect taxes or more taxes from poor people. This is an income support program. We provide income support to those who need it, not to those who can afford it. It is supposed to be a situation where we help those who cannot help themselves.

I guess I need to say it again. When I came forward with this program, I did not do it without taking it to the standing committee. I took it to the standing committee. I highlighted it there. I guess some Members think that I should have highlighted it in the House. I regret not having done that now, so that we could have had this discussion earlier. But, in fact, the numbers of reductions that I had to undertake in my budget were such that less than half of them probably got highlighted in my opening comments to this Legislative Assembly.

This was done, as I said, on a strictly fiscal basis, because we had to find this amount of money in order to meet our targets. I do not think it was done in such a manner as to hurt those people who are most in need. I think our income support programs do supply adequate support to those who are most in need. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.