The backlog is substantial. The funding that is proposed to specifically address the backlog is provided over three years, and that would help to reduce the backlog, but it would not eliminate the backlog. So we're looking forward to the three-year evaluation, the evaluation of the entire program after three years, to have a better understanding of the performance of the removals program and to determine whether funding for the backlog is sufficient to meet the needs of the system.
On May 31st, 2010. See this statement in context.