Thank you for that clarification.
Additional major items, as you mentioned, are just over $91 million for IRAP, the industrial research assistance, where we're investing in innovation. There's also first nations drinking water. Another one that's very important—I spent nine years in local government—is that we continue to invest in community infrastructure, with $75 million.
On page 11 of the supplementary estimates, the Office of Infrastructure of Canada request is for $122 million “to meet the government's commitments to the Gas Tax Fund to support environmentally sustainable municipal infrastructure projects that contribute to cleaner air, cleaner water and reduced greenhouse gas emissions”, which I know is very important to my community of Kelowna—Lake Country.
I spent nine years in local government working with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. We struggled and were able to ascertain that the ongoing $2 billion commitment for gas tax was enshrined in budget. Could you clarify that this is money that ensures the $2 billion is then reprofiled for 2012-13 going forward?