Maybe I'll start and then let my colleague from Finance finish.
That's been a steady decline. When you think about the public debt charges, if I recall correctly, going back to 1996-97 our expenses on public debt were eating up about 30% of our expenses. That leaves 70%, just grosso modo, for government programs.
When you can drive down the interest number as a percentage, it basically allows a higher percentage of your spending to be on program spending rather than paying down the debt. In terms of the percentage you're dealing with on interest—here's where my colleague Mr. Leswick can clarify and add additional stuff—there are two things. One is the size of your debt. The second thing at play is the size of your economy.
Debt over the last couple of years has been going up because of the recession; we had the economic action plan, etc. But that came on the heels of a number of years when the government was running a surplus, so there were reductions in debt. Interest rates are lower. That certainly helps. Since the 1996-97 year, the economy has certainly grown as well.
Nick, you may want to clarify or add to that. You're good? Okay.