Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, that question is not as simple as it sounds on first blush. There is a variety of different types of infrastructure in this budget. There are deferred maintenance budgets that are sitting in, for example, the Department of Infrastructure as there are also budgets available in some of the other departments for provision of health care services or education. Some of the infrastructure that we need to deliver on is so that those projects, the programs and services can continue to function.
So certainly, there will be some projects where there are obvious connections and obvious costs that can be accounted for. And I've previously committed, and I'm happy to commit here, that we do want to start including an O and M schedule in the future infrastructure budget to the best of the ability that we can. But it's not simply saying, you know, dollar for dollar, it's going to be X amount. Depending on what the infrastructure item is at play will determine what the costs of the O and M are and sometimes you simply have to make the investments in the infrastructure, or you can't deliver the program or the service. So I appreciate the frustration, and I hear it. But it's not going to be as simple as all that.
Again, with that said, we're going to try -- not try -- we will be including an O and M schedule. Hopefully it starts to get some of the answers that the Member's seeking. Thank you.