Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would point out that if it was in the base or if it’s here as an over-expenditure in our supplementary reserve, we would still be paying the costs that have been incurred for these programs and services, and we come back on a regular basis. This is my 19th budget, and the Health and

Social Services big ticket items that we constantly come back for are hospital care services and for children and adults, usually in southern facilities. In addition to the supplementary reserve, which is going to go into the base in those areas, we also have forced growth that we try to top up these high pressure areas and programs. Even with that, these are still demand-driven programs and we are here, and if you did a review looking back on what are the program areas that come in most regularly with the biggest amounts of money, you would find that they are very consistent with what’s before this House.

With this budget, this supplementary appropriation in our budget, we are at $128 million left of borrowing room, and we’re looking at keeping that $100 million cushion. We have some flexibility, modest as it is, so we are paying the service, the debt, the short-term debt. Some of it’s already self-liquidating, but that money, we borrow it at the rate we get as a government, and if that’s what the Member is asking, I’d have to ask the deputy minister if we have those costs. If not, we can get them for committee.