Yes, that cap was implemented externally and arbitrarily back in 1996, and that's a cap on spending increases on all core services. As I mentioned, that 2% figure has been either equal to or below the average inflation rate, but at the same time, our community has been the fastest-growing population among the Canadian demographic. Since 1996 our population has grown 21%. It's just an incredibly booming population. So when adjusted for inflation and population increases, the total budget for INAC is shown to have decreased by 7.4% since 1995-96.
Now, when I share these figures, I connected to the commitment in Canada's economic action plan, where there was $200 million over two years to build 20 schools, but I also said that we need over 60 schools. I finished with that notion of striking a joint senior officials task force, because we have to move away from this external and arbitrary manner of determining funding levels, and also to bring in not only the sustainable funding notion, but the shared and mutual accountability aspect as well.