Mr. Speaker, in terms of where the money was dedicated at the end of the last fiscal year, I am pleased to tell the hon. gentleman that to the extent that we could measure the available flexibility at the time of the budget on March 23, that money went to health care, SARS, BSE and municipalities.
The amount of the surplus that became known in the statistics in September was dedicated to reducing the debt, which saves interest payments for all Canadians.