Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the Member is aware, the health care system as a whole as the amount of deficit that amounts to about 10 percent of our entire health and social services budgets. That’s quite typical. Jurisdictions across the country are experiencing similar kinds of deficits. Had we not been able to get federal funding in the amount of $15 million over the next two years, that would add another $15 million. We were able to obtain that funding.

Mr. Speaker, as the Member stated, we need to find a way to right-size our budget. That’s the work we are doing. The deputy minister and all of the senior management, including all of the CEOs and medical directors, are fully engaged in coming up with right-sized budgets for all of the authorities. We know from past experience that infusing cash into the system deals with the bottom line for the moment but it does not deal with the structural changes that we need to undertake. The work is underway and we are fully engaged and seized with this issue. Thank you.