Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it fluctuates from year to year. For example, southern placements where we have patients going to southern facilities, that being in Alberta or other jurisdictions, as health care is driven by the health of our constituents and people of the North. You could have one case where the procedures required are very expensive and the time out could be long in duration. That could significantly impact our out-of-territory costs. That is one of the areas. As well, if we have more clients stationed out in the South for longer terms, that does add up to the cost, as well as some of the forced growth items when it comes to just the utility and operations of our facilities in the North is another area. With what we are doing now, the base review process is established now. We will use it with Stanton and that will be used with every health authority as well. That is going to be the model we will use, the tool that we will use to look at our expenditure patterns and work to fixing the areas that need to be fixed. If we are finding areas of over-expenditures, then they would have to be justified as well. Thank you.
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