I think you might have to invite my colleagues from the Department of Finance to talk about that. It was a very complicated formula that has evolved over the years, but it took into consideration various issues related to taxation and fiscal capacity. People often said there was only a handful of people in Canada who could actually even understand what the basis was for the federal health transfer. There was a decision taken some time ago now, but brought into effect more recently, that the formula should be on an equal per capita basis.
I'll just simply say that the prior formula, which you really would have to talk to Department of Finance officials about, was much more complicated and had much more to do with the overall arrangements for fiscal federalism than it did for financing health care per se.