What really is happening here, Mr. Chair, is that this funding had traditionally, historically, been provided through the CNSC, but it was sunsetting as of March 31, 2012. There may be a small increase, but those moneys were basically paid to the CNSC before. It was a sunset, and the government had to make a decision. Do we change this pattern and start cost recovering from those currently exempt licensees, or do we make this permanent and continue on with roughly the same funding structure we have had in the past? The government has decided on the latter choice, to make it permanent so that schools, universities, hospitals, and others would not have to pay. This had to be recorded. First it had to be enunciated through the budget, and then confirmed through the supplementary estimates. It was not in the mains because the mains would have reflected the sunset of those funds for the CNSC.
On December 4th, 2012. See this statement in context.