With the total transfer protection, the payments are calculated and provided to provinces to prevent any decline in their major fiscal transfer—the sum of equalization, the Canada health transfer, the Canada social transfer, and any protection they received before. For 2012-13, we've protected so as to maintain the level they had in the previous years.
The amount is almost $700 million, and it's divided among four provinces. There is $362 million for Quebec, $13 million for Nova Scotia, $102.8 million for New Brunswick, and $201 million for Manitoba. This was enacted through the budget legislation—the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act—in June.