Let me clarify what payments are being set out in part 6 of the bill. They are simply payments that make sure the total major transfers to provinces are at least as high as they were in 2009-10 and 2010-11. In other words, we compared the equalization amounts of the Canada health transfers and the Canada social transfers that were calculated for each province for 2010-11, with the amounts in 2009-10. If there was any decline in that total global amount, the province was provided with a protection payment as set out in part 6 of the bill.
The other parts of your question deal with the actual calculation of equalization for Quebec. As I responded at the previous session, the policy is that we take the remitted profits in their entirety of a crown corporation engaged in the generation of hydroelectricity. As I said at the beginning of this session, there are eight of them. Of those eight, six are engaged in some form of transmission and distribution, just as much as Hydro-Quebec is.
For example, SaskPower is engaged in both transmission and distribution. Any of the remitted profits of SaskPower, no matter what the source, would be considered part of the natural resource base, just as it is for the province of Quebec in the case of Hydro-Quebec.