Page 3-19, detail of work performed on behalf of others, total department, $3,000.

Page 3-20, liquor commission revolving fund. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to bring up an issue that has been in the works for a long time. I have to answer to the questions being raised by my constituents, and it has to do with the questions that came up last year about the special licensing for Sunday opening. There have been lots of mistakes or misunderstanding about this. At the core of the issue is the fact that under the rules that the Liquor Board follows right now, they are allowed to give special permission to open operations on Sundays, but it's only for Grey Cup and whatever other cup falls on a Sunday. The point being, Mr. Chairman, that it's only for Super Bowl; sorry, Grey Cup and Super Bowl. The point being that there is a rule that allows it, but the rule doesn't make any sense. At least on two occasions the Minister made a commitment to look into this. The Minister has stated that he had communicated with the board. As far back as last fall, he gave a specific date on which the board was going to meet. So I wonder if the Minister could update the House as to what he has done to communicate it and what the response of the board has been. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Chairman, I've spoken with the board about this. It's clearly within their mandate; they've considered the issue. They have decided that they will consider any special occasion request. It's not limited to Super Bowl or anything else. It has to be from a non-profit organization, and it has to be submitted to them two weeks in advance of whatever the event is. But they will look at each case, case by case. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Ms. Lee.

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the Minister's answer and I think that should address the concerns of the constituents. But I just want to make sure that this information is communicated to the public so that anyone who might be interested in applying for that consideration would know where to go, when to do it and how to do it and so on. I'm wondering if the Minister could communicate to the board to communicate about the board's decision in the normal way that they do about changing the regulations or anything like that. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Chairman, yes, I'll do that.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Page 3-20, liquor commission revolving fund, information item.

Page 3-21, information item. We'll go back to 3-7, department summary. Mr. Dent.

Mr. Chairman, I realize it's only an information item, but I was wondering if I could ask a question about page 3-22.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. We'll go to 3-22, revenues, recoveries and transfer payments. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I was noticing here on the corporate income tax line that it shows negative $181.587 million. So it makes it look like we're paying back a lot of money this year. Can we get an explanation from the Minister as to why that's happening?

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Minister Handley.

Mr. Chairman, I'll ask the deputy minister, Margaret Melhorn, to explain that.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Ms. Melhorn.

Thank you, Ms. Melhorn. Mr. Dent.

Thank you. So this $181 million is not being paid back to companies, it's actually being paid back to the Government of Canada. Is that correct?

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Ms. Melhorn.