Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think that list would be interesting to this committee, so I will take the Minister up on his offer and hope we would see that list within the next couple of days, and certainly before we conclude consideration of the bill.
I would like to move now to the debt wall topic. Mr. Chairman, we now know, given a stand pat budget, we could project a deficit in the next fiscal year of perhaps $42 million. The Minister has, in this House, said he will ensure he brings forward a budget that keeps us from hitting the debt wall. Yet we know that we have as of March 31st this year, probably only $39 million before that happens. We know there is already a danger of us being over by $3 million.
We also know that we do not see any reallocations in here for the extra cost for education as a result of Bill 1, for instance. We have consistently heard that in order to deal with the requirements of Bill 1, it will require a reallocation from one department to another.
The Minister himself admitted that there is getting to be less and less wiggle room as we get into the year and get closer to the debt wall. I would like to seek confirmation from the Minister that he is comfortable that he will be able to bring forward a main estimate in June that will keep us from hitting that debt wall, and that there is still a commitment to reallocate funds to deal with the increased costs we are committing to in Education, or will likely commit to in Education, and that it will not be a further increase in the deficit. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.