Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I was initially, though I recognize that there was a significant change from the 1999-2000 main estimates to the revised main estimates and then back up to the budget figure this year, I was querying the $300,000 increase from the revised main estimates up to what they are in the budget today.
Listening to the figures that the Minister rattled off, it would seem that he covered a lot of territory, but significantly more than the $300,000 that I was asking about. It sounds like there may be some overlap with the figures referred to in the compensation and benefits, the difference of $2.5 million.
I am still not clear. The answer has not been clear. If I could ask the Minister if he could distinctly separate out those two areas. I share the concerns of my colleague Mr. Roland in terms of the compensation and benefits. Does it have maintenance money in there from Public Works, or are we taking program money from the field and moving it into headquarters to pay staff and demoting regional program dollars?