Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just briefly, again how we work with our departments and deliver the programs and services to the communities is critical. I think you'll see a better example when you go through Municipal and Community Affairs because they deal in municipal services and they can show fluctuations and changes for costs that weren't planned for, but had to come up with the money to help address those concerns

in the communities. Health and Social Services is the same thing. One of the other tools that's out there is the supplementary appropriation where there has to be additions to it to try and deal with those increased costs. That is an exercise that Members will be going through here during this session, as well. So there are avenues that we did build in to try to deal with some of those unforeseen costs in the communities. But it is very difficult, as stated, when we are right now in a cycle and situation where we are going to do with less money and trying to find the revenue to maintain the existing level of programs and services that are expected by our residents. Thank you.