Thank you, Madam Chair. Further to that, I believe in his budget statement, Madam Chair, the Minister stated that under the proposal being put forward by the federal government on our financing formula, we would only see an increase in the base in the amount of $7.6 million, which is about one-third of what I believe this government is hoping to be able to achieve; about $18 million more annually than what the federal government is proposing. So I would like to ask the Minister whether or not that $7.6 million to the base that the federal government is proposing is for every year going back to 1996.

Also, further to that, somewhat of a separate question, what is the time frame that we are looking at in terms of obtaining this new formula financing with the federal government? Are we looking at the next three months, six months, or does the Minister foresee this going for a long period of time due to many of the disputed points that the two governments have? Thank you, Madam Chair.