Thank you for your comments.
Certainly I wish committee members to know that this year in the 2008-2009 budget we're putting more than $84 million toward HIV/AIDS, which is more than has ever been spent by the Government of Canada in our country's history.
The budget cuts the member is referring to are those that were found in the 2005 Liberal budget, which of course, despite the Conservative Party's position, was passed by Parliament, and we have an obligation to implement those cuts as a result of the 2005 Liberal budget.