Mr. Chair, I can do nothing but reiterate for the member opposite that we will continue to work with the affected producers, but there is a finite amount of money the taxpayers will put forward, and we will stretch it as far as we can.
I can assure the member opposite, we will do everything we can, but the whole point is this. It is more than just money. It is about rebuilding the quality of lifestyle, it is about rebuilding the area and it is about giving them an opportunity to move forward.
As I said, we will work with them to transition. We will work with them with pilot projects. However, when he talks in terms of $30 million, that is probably beyond the scope of what taxpayers can afford at this time and place.
We will continue to discuss this and work with them. We do have a one time payment that we will be bringing to them by the end of this month. We will continue to have those discussions and we will move forward from there.