Thank you, Mr. Chairman. What we started doing about three years ago, we portioned our suppression budget over the length of the summer. So we try to keep our expenditures in accordance with those projections. As you are probably aware, the department fights fires according to a policy that has been approved by this government. We have a holding figure that we live with. If there is an extreme fire season, and it looks like we will exceed our budget, then we normally come back to the Financial Management Board to try to obtain additional funds.
Over the course of the season, we identify the suppression budget, normally over the summer. The figure here would be what we have portioned for the four months, and it is based on historical expenditure patterns. Thank you.