Let me first confirm that the payments you are talking about from Quebec, the loan that was given to Quebec, is interest-free. It is a loan that was put in place, from my understanding--and I did not work in the division at the time--because of a significant adjustment that was made to transfers because of a change in census data.
In terms of the payments that are being made in 2010-2011, which are being set out in this bill, these are payments. These are not amounts that are being recovered in any sense of the word. These are additional payments that are going to be going to these provinces to ensure that their total transfers from equalization, Canada health transfer, and Canada social transfer are at least as high as they were in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.