These numbers in the supplementary estimates represent the Budget Implementation Act that was passed. They do not include forecasts for the October 10 agreement. That agreement will be implemented with legislation that the government will be tabling in the near future. It will not change the amount that Nova Scotia will get in the first year. Beyond that, because equalization is a formula-driven program, because mainly the equalization payments and the offset payments for Nova Scotia are heavily driven by resource prices, it is impossible to forecast with any kind of accuracy what they might receive from that October 10 agreement.
On November 15th, 2007. See this statement in context.