In 2010 we spent $1.4 billion to expand our wireline network and $300 million to expand our wireless network. Like every company, we generate a bunch of money and we then have commitments to spend that money, for example, to pay salaries and pensions. In 2009 we paid an extra $750 million to fund the deficit in Bell's pension plan, and paid another $500 million last year. We pay dividends to our shareholders, which is expected, of course, because we have 750 million shares. We then allocate a certain amount of money every year, obviously, to spend on our capital improvements.
In my view, the best way to understand what a greater tax deduction is, meaning a deduction that lets you write off more quickly for tax purposes the money you spend to expand your network.... I'm on the CICA tax policy committee, and we met with Finance, as we do every year. We're aware that to go in and ask for certain things when the government is fighting a deficit, it ain't gonna happen. So this year when we were requesting certain items that we thought were critically important, such as the item you're talking about—which is a timing difference—rather than writing off an amount that goes into class 46 at 30%, let's write it off at 50%. That means, obviously, that there would not be a greater deduction two years down the road, because you've already deducted it.