Again, Madam Chair, I'm pleased to be able to deal with such an important program.
Obviously, first nations programming is about two-thirds of the expenditure of the Department of Health. It is about 65% or 66% of our budget, and when we run a large program like the non-insured health benefits, which is for dental and pharmacy and medical transportation, we typically have to refine our estimates. So often when we are here with the committee speaking about what's in the main budget, it doesn't reflect the full amount. And when we come for supplementary estimates, then we get the full picture, so we actually see that we do have the amounts we need to continue offering the programs that support first nations, particularly the non-insured health benefits, the areas that fall under provincial jurisdiction—the hospital and physician insurance, which, as the minister mentioned, are provided to first nations people by the provinces and territories—and the supplementary benefits such as dental care and medical transportation. A number of first nations communities are in very remote areas and they need fly-in transportation, for example, for specialist appointments or for emergency care certainly. These are the remaining funds for that program to support the needs we have for that program.
As well, there is money, as was mentioned, for the primary care services. So, again, these are estimates that we refine as we go forward, and we have additional funding in these supplementary estimates to support the primary care services we offer to the remote first nations communities on the ground.