Government Operations committee  We were actually ready to give the honourable member a breakdown per fund or per program of what, as per our updates, is under way. We would be happy to do it right now. The second thing is that in terms of jobs, I'm sure the committee is well aware that the government reports on jobs created on a macro level government-wide.

Government Operations committee  Just for clarification, do I understand that you're asking why in Ontario the provincial contribution is less than the federal contribution, the $200 million?

Government Operations committee  We have a contribution agreement with the City of Toronto. The agreement is between the federal government and the city, so it counts towards Ontario's share; however, it's not cost-shared with the province. If you would like, my colleague can give you a little bit of elaboration on that.

Government Operations committee  Yes. It depends. We work in the language of work.

Government Operations committee  The information we received, Madam Chairman, was application data. We inputted the application data in the language that it came in. If the applicants, the province, provide the data in English, it is entered into the database in English. If it is provided in French, it is entered into the database in French.

Government Operations committee  No, but I would like this opportunity to explain what the Parliamentary Budget Officer has received and why he received what he received at the time we gave it to him.

Government Operations committee  Madam Chairman, the Parliamentary Budget Officer asked for data on 3,000 projects. If you assume that each project is one page, that adds up to 3,000 pages. It turned out that it was more than that. So we have provided him with the paper copy, on the understanding that we treat him the same way we've been directed for the parliamentary returns we get from Parliament.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Madam Chairman. The committee clerk contacted us after we provided the documents. And the honourable member is correct, some are in French and some are in English, because that is the language in which they were received. The clerk asked us whether we could translate this and what the costs would be.

Government Operations committee  Funds are primarily available to the province where they aren't expended. For example, if in Quebec a project falls off for any reason, the money is available to be reallocated within Quebec. However, we're making every effort to commit all the money and get the projects all started and hopefully completed, because this is a time-limited program.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. I appreciate that the honourable member is seeking clarity, because it is somewhat complicated in the way the program runs. Madam Chairman, the last time we appeared you asked us for a schematic. Do the members have that?

Government Operations committee  So maybe I can walk through--

Government Operations committee  Thank you. I was just going to point to the schematic and the advance column. We have provided $230 million in advance payments to provinces and territories. This is important, because it was done very early in the process and was meant to kick-start the activity. We received the first batch of claims and status reports from most of the provinces in September, and we're getting another batch of claims and updates from the provinces now in November.

Government Operations committee  I don't want to take up too much of your time, but when the claims arrived in September--and my colleague John Forster can elaborate on it if you like--we had to make sure the claim data was accurate, because it was from online input. So it took us a while to look through that claims data.

Government Operations committee  Good afternoon, Madam Chair and committee members. I have with me John Forster, who is our associate deputy minister of infrastructure. We are pleased to be here today to update you on Infrastructure Canada's work in implementing the Government of Canada's Economic Action Plan.

Government Operations committee  Thank you. Madam Chairman, the member has asked for the commitments. That's exactly what we have given to the Parliamentary Budget Officer. It's also on our website. Regarding the Public Service Commission audit, the department has received and has accepted the audit, and we have an action plan in place.