Thank you.
I want to explore the issue of so-called fiscal imbalance, particularly with respect to what this budget does or doesn't do for that issue.
Here is what I understand the budget to do: it puts up $255 million for several provinces, sets aside $3.3 billion to fund Bill C-48 obligations, makes a commitment to talk, and makes a commitment that in 2007 it will bring forward legislation in the sweet by and by. At the same time, the budget actually seems to take money, or reasonable expectations of money, away from provinces.
Can you confirm that the $3.5 billion for workplace skills and the vast bulk of the $5 billion committed for early childhood learning has in fact been removed?