Finance committee  In the context of the budget process, we did of course involve the constitutional law office of the Department of Justice. That being said, 12 of the provinces and territories did accept, including Quebec. Of course, in the context of the Quebec press release—I don't have it in

Finance committee  That's my understanding, yes, based on the advice we got.

Finance committee  What do you mean by foundation amount? Do you mean a base amount?

Finance committee  The $200 million is over one year. Maybe I wasn't clear before. To be clear, the $200 million would be divided on an equal per capita basis. For example, if a smaller province had a smaller population, they would receive a smaller share of that $200 million.

Finance committee  The explanation you gave relative to infrastructure doesn't exist.

Finance committee  The amounts are actually the formula that's provided and the legislation indicates how it would be calculated for each province and territory. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but the legislation illustrates how that is to be calculated.

Finance committee  It's not in the act per se. The formula is in the act for each province and territory, so it's just a pro-rated share of the population per province, as published by Statistics Canada on its website relative to the amount for home care and mental health funding.

Finance committee  That is correct, yes. That is because the legislation is only for the 2017-18 fiscal year and not the balance within the remaining nine.

Finance committee  I think that's fair, yes. That's what Jo was talking about. She was indicating that a bilateral agreement will be established. That being said, the press releases that have been issued for each of the 12 jurisdictions that have accepted the federal offer and the global amount

Finance committee  In the context of transfers, because this is a legislative transfer, I would to have to verify, but yes, that would be my expectation.