Mr. Chair, I can't speak for the government, obviously, but I think what they were telling us...in fact, they tried to sneak this into the budget legislation in this most recent session to try to change that. They said--and, if I understand your question, what you were saying--we don't have any control over what the federal government establishes in terms of conditions for funding; therefore, we have to make sure that if the government is saying that money can only be used for infrastructure or primarily for infrastructure, we have to make sure Bill 207, the provincial legislation, reflects that. So that's why they brought forward the change.
Our argument was--from what we could see both in what the federal government said at the time and what we have of material of the trust--that it's not restricted to infrastructure. It seemed to be pretty broad, and that seemed to be brought forward again when the government announced that the money was coming forward in late September. So we still have an argument with the government, and they have yet to indicate how the money will be used within Nova Scotia.
It's a textbook example of how not to fund a program because of the confusion. First was the length of time it's taken and then the confusion about how the money is to be used between the two levels of government. That's why I wanted to make sure you're aware of it.