I wanted to make note of what Mr. Marston said in relation to the PBO report. It is germane to the report that came out today, which did mention on page 3.... Of course the PBO is based on projections, and he said in this report the updated analysis indicated that as a result of the change to the Canada health transfer to grow in line with nominal GDP—which we projected as a government—then of course OAS may be sustainable. But he admits in the report itself that cost pressures are coming on OAS, and he also clarifies it by saying, and I quote: “However, the change to the federal CHT structure is mirrored at the provincial-territorial level. The provincial-territorial long-term fiscal situation has deteriorated.” As a result of that, and as a result frankly of the PBO doing projections and using projections instead of actuals, I quite frankly almost need an interpreter for the paragraph itself on where we are, and whether we're going or coming.
I wanted to make a point of that with Mr. Marston's comments earlier about OAS being sustainable.