Thank you, Mr. Chair. There was a lot of numbers. There was a lot of calculations in that. I am not a mathematician, and I could not keep up with where we were at. What I can say with that, you know, is I understand that there's people out there that are not getting any services. There are people that are getting -- you know, and the majority of people already -- that may be working in positions, they may have some type of insurances. This doesn't inhibit them from applying on this program as well. So this is the payer of last resort, but it can be in combinations with other. It's not going to affect, like, NIHB clients. There's no change to that. There's no change to Metis benefits. There's no change to the senior's portion of the EHB. That all remains the same. It's the under 59. And I hear the Member. You know, there's been lots of different concerns. We've postponed it, I think, in the last government to do more fulsome reviews. We've advocated for change. Those changes have been -- that's what's the delay, is trying to implement the regional calculations and that will roll out on September 1st. And so, you know, and this is one of the things that I've said to my department is that over the course of the year that it's rolling out, if there is undue hardship we will make sure that we review those cases and, you know, and have -- you know, hopefully be able to look at the process and what we're going to be doing with those. And I also want to know after the full year is, too, how many, you know, more people that we've assisted and, you know, if there is the costs that people are -- you know, if there's concerns, then, you know, to hear that feedback. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Lesa Semmler on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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