Thank you.
I'm a member from the Okanagan—Shuswap in British Columbia, and the staff in Vancouver who work for WED were always just great to work with. They responded in a timely fashion to the questions forwarded by my staff, and that just moved those applications along. I wanted to convey to your staff in Vancouver that they did a great job.
One of the best jobs is in my community. It's a small amount of money, but it was for new seats in the local arena. Now I can sit in comfort to watch my four grandsons and one granddaughter play hockey, and I think of you every time I sit down—not quite.
Concerning the allocation of moneys for the program, was money allocated on a per capita basis? Or was it on a regional basis, considering some of the priorities, as far as economic impact was concerned, that a region had with regard to the downturn in the economy? Or was it just on the order of the applications as they came in? How did you set the priorities to get that money out?