Thank you for that explanation. I guess my understanding of the way the ’08–09
Main Estimates were developed was that forced-growth costs, which should have included all the costs from sub-funding from ’07–08, were included, were added to the base for ’07–08, and that the numbers for ’08–09 included the base from last year plus all the forced-growth funding they’d received through supps over last year.
If that’s not the case in this situation, I guess I would like to hear that explanation. Again, I’m confused. Sure, our budget’s gone up from the Main Estimates of last year. But there’s some $6 or $7 million between the Mains of last year and the Revised Mains. And if that money’s been spent — which I’m sure it has, because it’s health centres and hospitals — how do we expect our health centres and hospitals to operate with less money than they used in their Revised Estimates from last year?
I’m not sure if I’m clear, because I’m kind of getting myself confused. But I really don’t understand these numbers.