Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think there are two parts to the question. In terms of the allocation formula, what was done was the allocation, as I believe the letter points out, was based on the population statistics in the Territories. The population statistics could go up or down. I think the Member is correct to point out that in fact they could go up in a region as well as they could go down. We simply wanted to be clear in the correspondence that if there had to be an adjustment, it would not happen all at once. It would be phased over time. That would be true if it was reduced. That was the intention, I believe, of that clause. As the Member correctly points out, it could go up as well as down.
With respect to the second part of the question, when we discussed the matter with representatives from the various languages, before we set up the allocation formula, they pointed out to us that the relative health of languages differs across the Territories. They suggested that we allocate the funding based on the number of people in the aboriginal communities as opposed to who spoke the language or did not speak the language. That is why the percentage by population was used as opposed to language speakers or the other. We expect that language activities will vary between groups simply because of health of language or the appropriate language activity. Thank you.