Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Finance in relation to some questions and statements that were made yesterday regarding the pay and
benefits for nurses. We have heard that some places are losing nurses and actually shutting down some programs because of loss of those nurses. We have also heard that Mr. Ng is now moving ahead on the recruitment and retention plan. That is good. What I wanted was clarification on what the Finance Minister indicated yesterday, that in some cases there is approximately $11,000 sitting there waiting to be offered to nurses, but that cannot be implemented. I was wondering if the Minister could indeed clarify if that is what the case is? Thank you.