Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, very difficult to forecast the need in this area. In 2019-2020, there was supplementary funding of about $13 million that was added to the budget, which was one-time funding, and then the following year the budget returned to its normal, and no request for supplementary funding has been made for this year. You see the budget has increased to $40 million for 2021-2022, though. That reflects a forecasted need based on a look at the past five years to determine where we forecast the use of out-of-territory hospitals and physicians to be for 2021-2022, but again, that is a forecast. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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