I guess we are getting into an area that is before committee and another bill, Mr. Chairman. There is, in fact, an item in the supplementary about writing this off and we should be taking that up at that time. What I wanted to do in this discussion is try to find out more about the policy approach that we have. It seems where we want to make sure petroleum products are still available, as the Minister says, it's an essential service and I don't want to see any community restricted in its ability to get a fuel product when it needs it. However, if there are going to be these kind of financial supports or backups to communities, it's something I would like to see better supported in policy and approach so we all have a sense of how this is managed and what we have to anticipate in it.

I understand the government already carries the cost of the tankage, the liability and the management of the infrastructure in communities. None of that cost is passed on to the consumer. We are only trying to collect the cost of the product. In a year, we are seeing over time we've amassed a deficit of $4.5 million over 15 communities. We just don't have much of a base for it. I am not going to carry on the discussion on this page anymore, Mr. Chairman, other than to anticipate the discussion we are going to have under the supp. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.