Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a request to make then of the Minister. Would it be possible on the operations and maintenance block funding side to get the criteria of how you reach those figures you mentioned? For example, in Fort Simpson, equalization of the formula being a major variable that accounts for the significant discrepancy. I

would be interested, if you could give me in one or two pages, a summary of how that thing works so it could make sense to me and then if I have a question by the people in Fort Smith saying what the heck is going on here I can speak relatively knowledgeably. I would also be interested in the formal criteria, if there is any other than the capital plan, on how you reach an agreement on the capital. What kind of process takes place? What are their criteria? What are the factors you weigh other than a department coming in with a nice wish list totalling $1.5 million a year for three years? There must be some criteria that you priorize and select things. I would be very interested in that as well. Block funding and block funding arrangements are upon us in the wave of the future. The more conversant I am and my constituents are, I am assuming the better we can negotiate with the department. Thank you.