Mr. Chairman, the total budget for the Department of Health and Social Services is $175 million, roughly. The department faces forced growth of somewhere between $10 and $15 million a year. This amount of money was money that was received from the federal government to be spent on health. It is money that was sitting there. It is not earmarked for anything specific. It is a generic pot of money.
When there was a need to spend $3.7 million to provide better health services through this regional hospital, that money was tapped into; but it is not as if that is the only pot of money or that Yellowknife is the only community that is going to benefit from the Health and Social Services spending, everybody does. The amount that we spend increases each year by an amount that is much greater than the $3.7 million we are dedicating this purpose or the $4 million that is in the trust fund. The amount we are spending in the communities is far greater than this $4 million pot.