Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do appreciate the rationale. Just from an optics point of view you can imagine the dismay, as a committee member who fights very hard, tooth and claw, for every dollar. When I see a number regress, we need to find clarification.

In that same breath, my question is if this is indeed monies that were put aside for outside contributions in the realm of mental health and addictions. We know that Nats’ejee K’eh in its operating years was receiving about $2 million a year for mental health and addictions programs. If I look at the combined number here for outside investment and funding, that number is now only about $1.6 million.

Can the Minister or department indicate, is my rationale sound? Did we spend $2 million before on mental health and addictions outside for program delivery and now we’re only spending $1.6 million combined? Thank you.