As I already stated, we have greatly increased expenses for settlement programs. In accordance with a requirement included in the Canada-Quebec Accord on Immigration, we are to increase our subsidies to Quebec according to the rate of growth in the federal budget. I believe that this year, the increase would be about $25 million. The amount transferred to Quebec for settlement services, which was about $100,000 a few years ago, has increased to $250,000.
As I also mentioned, we tripled the subsidies to other provinces for settlement services. These services are provided to six provinces by my department, and by the provinces themselves in Manitoba and British Columbia. The budget for these services provided elsewhere than in Quebec is currently around $600 million.
With respect to the Interim Federal Health Program, expenditures are higher every year as compared to those forecast in the budget because there are always many asylum seekers, as well as other clients. For the current year, that program's expenditures total $50 million.