Given that this is a measure to help mitigate volatility in provincial drops in revenue, which would necessitate a province to continue to pay into the equalization system based on long-term averages despite sudden catastrophic drops in revenue, why have a cap at all? I'm sorry; that is a political question and better put to the minister, but there was a recommendation in our dissenting report to just do away with the cap altogether. A cap harms the ability to address the purpose of the funds.
Can you give us some explanation of the thinking behind continuing to have a cap?