Thank you, Chair.
I'd like to go back, first of all, to one of the things you said. You keep talking about the fact that in 2006 you “decided” to triple settlement funding, that “we increased” it. You seem to not reference the fact that the settlement funding increases, by 300%, started in 2005 in an agreement signed by the previous government—the Liberal government—in November of 2005.
You simply agreed to continue with agreements that were signed by a previous government, increasing settlement funding initially, which covered a five-year range that has now ceased. That agreement has ceased, and that's where you're looking at decreasing overall—yes, shifting internally, but overall decreasing—by $53 million.
In the fall, the estimates and the annual report indicated that you were going to be keeping the numbers stable in 2010; that was what you were proud of talking about. Suddenly we realize, with the new numbers, that we have increased to unprecedented, record numbers. The decision to cut this $53 million from settlement funding agencies happened when you thought things were stable. Now that you're admitting that the numbers have increased, why are you continuing to insist on cutting settlement agency funding?