Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is my understanding that this cost, as I explained earlier in my Return to Oral Question, covers the cost of administration as well as the other costs Public Works incurs in order to supply the service. Public Works is required to recover costs because if the community chooses, they may undertake the service themselves and therefore, there would be no cost on the part of the community as far as either a contractor or Public Works are concerned. However, if a community takes on the work themselves and hires a contractor to do the job, they would still have to pay administrative costs one way or the other.
For Public Works to actually do the service for some communities free and not charge would be unfair to those communities that take on the job themselves and therefore bear the costs themselves. Thank you.