Thank you, Madam Chair. First I want to make an observation. When a Member has a very good question, I seem to hear the click and it appears the Minister is reading from notes. So I have to compliment his staff on his excellent replies back.
Madam Chair, I just happened to notice under expenditures and categories, it does cause me some concern when I read under grants and contributions, 42 percent of the budget goes to grants and contributions. When we are scrambling to make adjustments with our payroll tax and just tax in general on people, it causes me some stress that we could have evaluated our grants and contributions just that little bit closer if we start looking at playing with our taxes.
Madam Chair, if I may, one thing I noticed earlier in the budget is we talked about reallocation of $15 million from low priorities to high priorities. If the Minister would do me the honour of telling me what were the low priorities in general and some specifics and telling me some of the high priorities. My concern is are we losing some very valued programs which were referred to as the low priorities? Thank you, Madam Chair.