Thank you. No pressure. To the Member's question around whether or not it would be appropriate to address the shortfalls through supplementary appropriation, I would suggest that the answer would be: supplementary appropriations are meant for unknown, uncertain, like in a given year, and authorities have been experiencing these deficits for some time now and that is the reason why they are budgeting for them. We do come forward on behalf of the authority in instances where they have budgeted, and we can very clearly articulate where they have overspent their budget. For example, medical travel, we typically come forward for that because we can very clearly lay out what they had budgeted and what was to be spent and then forecast; similarly, with adult southern placements, for example. In those cases, yes, the department does support the authority in going for supplementary funding, but generally, we are at the state of still not understanding all of the drivers of the deficit. Until we are at that point, we cannot address those funding shortfalls. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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