Thank you, Madam Chair. And perhaps I could just get -- you know, that's a fairly large figure. I know if we look at the kind of plans that that number does fluctuate and there's hundreds of millions to be spent maintaining our transportation system.

I know the Minister spoke previously about kind of our roads and highways being in good condition according to our grading system and perhaps there was some criticism or disbelief of that. But can I just get a sense of that amount of money we're spending on road maintenance, whether we consider there to be a backlog, you know, of deferred maintenance or a backlog making sure our roads are maintained presently. Thank you.