I prefer to take the Minister’s word at face value there. I mean, I don’t say that
this is a mechanism to gain control over the money, but in fact in practical reality that’s what it is if we don’t have some evidence that the work is continuing on these programs. I’m not talking about normal services; I realize that that’s the vast majority of our budget and those will be continuing as the Minister said, but we established a number of reviews and really some new looks and new directions in the last government, and I’m looking for assurance that those will continue to be developed with the dollars that are available as per our duplication of the budget.
For example, major programs like early childhood development, midwifery, mental health reorganization and so on, student financial assistance, community committees. I don’t think it’s asking too much to get assurance that those goals will be continued with this $400-plus million, an amazing amount of money that we’re being asked to approve here. Thank you.