Thank you.
I have a comment and a couple of questions.
I know my colleague, Mr. Preston, was saying that being Conservative, he was worried about the increases, but I would have to tell you, I think these are very prudent increases that have had much discussion at the Board of Internal Economy.
I look at the 3% increase in members' operating budgets and would underscore that's service to Canadians. There is nothing going into the pockets of any members of Parliament; indeed, the increase goes to give decent salaries to hard-working constituency and Hill staff. I'm glad to see that we're able to fill in some of the demands on constituency offices.
I want to ask a question about the main estimates--the increase of $512,000 for the production of the ten percenters. I know from the text that's the year-over-year increase, but you say that it has exponentially increased over the last ten years. Can we assume that graph will continue to go up and it will continue to be an increase in our annual expenditure?