Finance committee  I don't remember the figures exactly, but I can tell you that with this program--what has been proposed in the budget--200,000 more persons will fall off the tax rolls by the end of two fiscal years.

Finance committee  What he meant here, just to make sure, is that—

Finance committee  Yes. I have in front of me what I signed yesterday that you will receive tomorrow. What you will have is, depending on family type, that is, single-parent, one-earner couple, or two-earner couple, the typical Ontario family, and different levels of income, how much will be left i

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  The apology is accepted.

Finance committee  I don't have them with me. But CRA at one point--

Finance committee  You're talking about the jewellery tax?

Finance committee  First, in terms of the administration, the budget announced that a small committee of experts would be set up to decide which program would qualify for the tax credit. So that will help the administration in terms of developing guidelines for it.

Finance committee  I'm just trying to recollect.

Finance committee  I think there still are some funds going to the infrastructure of cities. In that context, this is a two-pronged approach. It's encouraging the users to use transit but it's also helping municipalities to set up the infrastructure.

Finance committee  That's why, I guess, there are infrastructure funds. In terms of the fiscal cost of the transit passes, I don't think it's $2 billion. I think it's half that over five years.

Finance committee  Depending on the models used--

Finance committee  On the tax front, it's going to be the CRA that will administer the tax measures. So yes, there are some discussions with the CRA as to how much it would cost to administer such-and-such a measure. In terms of other programs, I'll let the others answer. I'm only talking here abo

Finance committee  You mentioned tax measures. There's also the scholarship measure, in the sense of the complete elimination of federal income tax on scholarships and bursaries, as well. You mentioned the textbook tax credit.

Finance committee  Mr. Lapointe, perhaps you can answer.