Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'll direct most of my comments to Mr. Ken Battle.
Thank you very much for your presentation.
From what I'm hearing, as the economy worsens, poverty tends to increase. I heard Madam Chair indicate that simply transferring money to provinces may not be the answer if you're not directing it specifically. At the same time, unless you're boosting some other areas, the last thing you want to see is a cut to transfer payments to the provinces, as was done in the nineties or earlier to the tune of about $25 billion.
Would you agree with me? You may want to redirect the funding, but you certainly wouldn't want to reduce funding.