Thank you, Mr. Chair. And so that process that the Minister spoke about, about budget review and approval, that is exactly the process where if we had funding for a hundred new nurses and we had it in the budget when we were -- when we'd be looking at the authority's budget, we'd be looking for have they allocated the money to those hundred positions, and that's part of -- that influences the recommendation for approval.

The other thing that I think is important for us, and I missed mentioning it earlier when I was speaking about the process, is once we get a recommendation to the Minister on approving the budget and she approves the budget, we then enter into a contribution agreement with each authority that lays out specifically reminding that this is the money that you're being given, this is what the money is for, these are your reporting requirements, please submit your variance reports by this date, please submit your audited financial statements by this date, please do other performance indicators by this date. It's a very comprehensive document that kind of lays out what's required of them in the year ahead. And through that variance reporting is where we then keep an eye on is the money being spent, you know, as it was directed to be spent. And it's an ongoing iterative process that then informs the next budget development the next year. Thank you, Mr. Chair.