I'll take those in reverse order.
With respect to the head tax, our approach upon being elected...coming to office in February 2006 was to consult with the grassroots within the Canadian Chinese community as to the best form of redress, because this is an issue that had gone on for decades without resolution, and there were a lot of different points of view. A previous government wanted to give I think $10 million to one organization that happened to be run by a bunch of Liberals. That was not well received in the community, as you will recall, Ms. Davies.
We said we're going to consult with the community and try to come up with a consensus position, if at all possible. I actually led those consultations. It was fascinating work to meet with some Chinese seniors who were some 90 or 100 years of age and listen to their stories.
Out of that process, some people wanted descendants to receive large amounts of money, some people wanted no ex gratia payments but just a community fund, some people just wanted an apology. There was quite a range of opinion. We couldn't find one clear and obvious consensus. So what we decided to do was make $20,000 ex gratia payments to surviving head-tax payers and their spouses. That ended up being about 400 people and about $24 million.