Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have had a discussion with some members of the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight earlier today. They had said they were concerned about having the Energy Secretariat by itself in the Department of the Executive and seeing different elements of initiatives and interests within the government in different departments. I will look at making an announcement to address that we will specifically look at moving the Energy Secretariat out of the Department of the Executive. That will be done within the next couple of days.

The money that is put into the Department of the Executive and that is actually earmarked for the different departments involved with the Social Agenda was actually done at the request and on the advice of the deputy ministers, who have been meeting on this initiative and looking at how to coordinate. I have been advised by my deputy minister of the Executive that it is for accountability and coordination that it is done through the Department of the Executive.

As we give out the money to the departments, it will be ensuring that it is spent the way that they have committed to spend it in the overall work plan that is developed for the Social Agenda.

It is felt that if we just earmarked this money specifically to each department, we will not have the same sense of ensuring coordination and accountability. That was the intent. We just hold the money and we ensure that the different departments keep the commitments they make to coordinate and spend the money as they originally committed to do.

The third point raised by Mr. Dent with regard to government structures and how that money is spent, it is separate in the sense that we are not going to spend a lot of time talking about constitutional thoughts and thinking. As I understand it, this is specifically to help the aboriginal governments address what their governing structural requirements will be as we deal specifically with revenue sharing and devolution. As we receive money, as we prepare to receive revenue sharing and as we prepare to have transfer of further powers from Ottawa, they have some capacity building to address very specific needs. That is what I understand that money to be. Thank you.