Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question. I think we are talking in the hundreds of millions of dollars, somewhat under $1 billion.
In terms of what would go to Saskatchewan and Manitoba, which everyone recognizes are the two provinces under the most stress at the moment, I would not be able to hazard a guess. I would assume they would take a significant portion of that money.
When the hon. member for Regina—Qu'Appelle and I met with the media a few weeks ago, we talked about somewhere between $500 million to $700 million to deal with the situation.