A lot of the pieces to this amendment have been discussed, and various things have been negotiated in the past. Mr. Lessard made his point, but you know, in the spirit of cooperation, he did receive his information, it appears from this e-mail, over 48 hours ago, and failed to e-mail any of my colleagues that I know of. It would have given us at least a chance to look at this information and consider it. Instead, the day of--the time of--we're presented with this. So we'll take the spirit of cooperation or consideration with a grain of salt, if he doesn't mind.
I would argue to the legislative clerk, though, that inside that amendment, the proposed or possible rate could in theory drive an excessive intake of this program, which would lead the program to an excessive deficit, possibly; we're talking theoretically here. It would in fact create an expenditure that would fall under the considerations given when a royal recommendation is considered.
I take that very seriously. We are talking all of these situations here on best estimates and so forth, and that would qualify the proposal under a royal recommendation.