With regard to the special allocation for hepatitis
C announced by the Minister of Health on September 18, 1998: (a) how much of the $50 million for new hepatitis C disease prevention, community-based support programs, an
d research has been spent to date and what is the breakdown of those expenditures (including an indication of the amounts spent within Health Canada); and
(b) how much of the $300 million special transfer to provi
...[+++]nces to supplement health services has been spent to date and what is the breakdown of those expenditures?