Mr. Chairman, on the issue of the $700 million that was announced in budget 2005, it was to be in the supplementary estimates of 2005-06, but those were not tabled because of the election. Some funding was made available to Health Canada through Governor General's warrants so that we could start moving on some of these important initiatives. About $23 million was made available in 2005-06 through that process. It was spent on priority initiatives—for example, the diabetes initiative, the aboriginal health human resource initiative, and maternal and child health programs.
The remainder of the $700 million is part of these main estimates, tabled on April 25. We will be able to proceed with the full rollout of the initiatives once we receive approval by Parliament.