Mr. Speaker, thanks to the excellent work that was done over the years, we were able to inject $850 million. Together with the provinces, we set up a national child benefit system. The budget will increase by $850 million as of July 1, 1998, and by another $850 million during this mandate.
This is a lot more important than indexing the benefits. We are working on improving the system itself and not only on indexing the benefits. This is a much broader initiative.