Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I see this grouped into that area of the discussion we had yesterday of whether or not the Transportation budget is based on funding that is identified for each region. I was hoping that I passed on to the Assembly that the department does not distribute its budget that way. We try and distribute our budget based on where the traffic volumes are, where the highways need repairs or reconstruction.

As I indicated in the past to the Member, there was a surplus of $400,000 on that first project for this year. We redirected that funding towards a winter road bridge at Oka River, I believe. There was no suggestion at any time that if a project is identified as a certain cost, that all of that money would in fact be spent in that area. However, the government has a policy where if we do move money from one project to another, we advise the Members that we are going to do it. We did inform the Members that we were going to do this. Thank you.