Mr. Speaker, it is, as my honourable colleague said, a projected surplus. We have not got it yet. It is $9 million, we can spend that amount in three or four days in this government with the kind of money we have got. It is not a lot of money. It is a cautious projection, but the projection is based upon the budget that we presented and the arrangements that we made with committees and part of the targets set by myself to the Minister of Health and Social Services, and it was his decision and the decision of this Cabinet through Committee, that the kinds of things that are happening in my honourable colleagues riding and in my own riding and others are part of the deficit strategy.

So, unfortunately, in these difficult times, as I have said, difficult decisions have to be made. Now, I would not want anybody getting excited about a $9 million surplus, that is what I am trying to say. I mean, if we had a $100 million surplus, I could see it, but, we are projecting a $9 million surplus based upon the fact that we can get the targets that we have set in the budget. Just to give you an example, you could have one bad year in forest fires and it is gone. It is just that simple. I would not overplay the fact that we are projecting a $9 million surplus. I would say to my colleague, unfortunately, in these difficult times when we have to do the kinds of things we are doing, his constituency and others, it is not just in his constituency where facilities are going to be closed, are part and parcel of this difficult task of putting this budget together so that we can make the $100 million cuts so that we can balance the budget.

Let me say this to you, remember we will still have an accumulated deficit, and you will all inherit that accumulated deficit on April 1, 1999. I am attempting, with your cooperation, to bring that deficit down. Mr. Picco and others have spoken eloquently to it in Committee about what steps we are taking. If there is any surplus, and I hope with your cooperation and with the will of this House to move on the budget and get it done there will be, that will be charged up to the accumulated deficit. So, I do not know whether I have answered my colleague properly, I am trying to. I know the difficulties he is under right now, and he is probably under intense pressure from his constituency because of what is happening there. I think it would be fair to say that we appreciate the difficulties he is under, but it is all part of our deficit elimination strategy, and all part of reaching the $100 million goal that we have set for ourselves, so that we can balance the budget. Thank you.