That's a really good question. It's not quite a four-minute answer, though, I'm afraid. But that is the question.
There are some areas in which the government would be very comfortable providing a transfer with some pre-agreement as to what's going to happen with it; it's a shared priority. But there are other areas where, indeed, conditionality is vitally important. In this current stimulus package there's a really important economic focus on incrementality. So I think we do want to track what provinces are doing in those areas. We want to ask, so that there is an economic impact, if they are accelerating their effort to get the money out now, when it's needed, as we are. Second, is it incurring incremental impact? In those cases, it's vital to have conditionality in the tracking.
In other areas, if it's a common priority or an urgent issue, a trust can be a perfectly natural use of resources, and there have been good results with this resourcing as well. But again, you have to be comfortable. The government, when it makes a policy choice, as the Auditor General and our colleagues at the accounting board say, needs to make an informed choice. I can assure you that they do make informed choices, and they're careful about choosing subjects.
I would say, as well, as the example from Rod Monette.... I haven't seen it in detail, but I do know that provinces are stepping up their game in terms of being accountable to their legislatures on action, including on the ecoTrust. Because there is a strong body of public interest in watching those issues and there are very active folks who'll make sure they're held to account in that format.