That's a very good question.
We take this approach in our grading from the position of somebody who is not an expert but can read, write and add, and is interested. The criteria we employ in our scorecard, our judgment, are the things that enable a person like that to answer straightforward questions. How much more is the revenue expense than it was last year? How much is it projected to increase? These questions are easier to answer for Quebec, for example, because they don't admit any items from their consolidated expenses like the federal government does.
Another thing about Quebec is that its financial statements have very consistent budget comparisons in the public accounts. You can take a look at the results, you can take a look at the projections that are alongside them, and you can compare those to the actual budget document, and everything lines up. With the federal government, there are far more interruptions and frictions if somebody wants to perform that exercise.
