Finance committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, each contractor has a different way of pricing the jobs and whether or not they include the HST or, in our case, the GST nationally in the price of their projects. So, indeed, for those who have kept the tax as a separate item, it showed up immediately on July 1 as being 14% in Nova Scotia instead of 15%.

Finance committee  Moving quickly on to the infrastructure and underground economy, we're very appreciative of the indication the government has towards commitments in the infrastructure and we would want to see that the money is invested in the priority areas of clean air, clean water, clean land, and efficient public transportation; also that this money is added to, not a substitute for, a clawback from existing provincial-municipal projects; and that indeed, as the government has indicated, there will be mechanisms in place to ensure transparency and accountability.