I do acknowledge this is certainly more complex than it was before. This offers way more detail than the budget did in previous years. When we indicated to committee that we were going to be moving to a system that actually provided some consistency between the authorities and the department and was consistent with the CIHI definitions of different program areas, we did offer a briefing. We ran out of time. We’d be happy to come back and give committee a briefing on these new categories and how they relate. There is some certain crossover. Some of the money will fall into multiple areas for what appears to be a program area, depending on the definition of how those dollars are going to be spent.

I acknowledge it is far more complex. I will admit it took me probably three, four, almost five times reading through this with people who are smarter than I am around finances before I even started figuring it out. I acknowledge that this is difficult, but this is going to be better in the long run. I do apologize for the frustration in working through this new format.