Thank you, Mr. Chairman. After the last responses from Mr. Voytilla, I had a chance to check the Financial Administration Act, specifically section 33. When dealing with special warrants, it says:

When the Legislative Assembly is not in session and the board reports to the Commissioner that:

a) an expenditure is urgently required.

The Minister has established that these funds were urgently required in order to meet the summer assembly deadline. Notwithstanding that, the thing was not approved until the 26th of September, but:

b) The expenditure is in the public interest.

I think that we could certainly argue that it is, but:

c) there is no appropriation or an insufficient appropriation to incur the expenditure.

Mr. Voytilla indicated that just in case the special warrant was not approved, they made sure that they spent enough money that could be covered by this appropriation and that they were not outside of that in case the special warrant was not approved.

It seems to me that a special warrant cannot be issued unless you know that there is no appropriation or an insufficient appropriation to incur the expenditure. Would the Minister speak to this? It does not seem like the proper usage of a special warrant.