The increasing amount, or the delta—the additional funding provided by virtue of supplementary estimates (C), should they be approved—is indeed close to $40 million. That $40 million is required by the department and in turn by veterans for two reasons.
The principal reason is the conversion of the program from a contribution program to a grant program, as explained by the minister. What this means is that instead of veterans being provided with reimbursement for their expenses, they are provided with an upfront payment in anticipation of those expenses. In that way, they're never out of pocket.
Because of the change in the sequencing of those payments—we're paying the same amount, but sooner—the requirement for funding hits the balance sheet, one could say, sooner, and we therefore see an increase here in the amount of money.
That is in part the explanation for the $40-million increase. The other part of it has to do with an increase in both the number of people availing themselves of the program and the types of services they're availing themselves of.
As you would know, there is groundskeeping and housekeeping, but there are also elements of the program that relate to such things as personal care. When a veteran is still at home but may be in need of someone coming in a couple of times a week to help with personal care, we provide that as well through the program. This is a more expensive component of the program, and therefore it drives the costs up disproportionately as more people shift into that area of the program.