Government Operations committee  My team for producing a blue book probably has about 25 people. Some are in production. Whether or not we go electronic, we still structure it that way. The others do outreach to all 135 organizations. Each of those organizations has a team that works on this. I don't have a go

Government Operations committee  Thank you. One of the common themes that has come up in the various meetings has been that of increasing parliamentarians' understanding, but also better connecting the dots. I'd like to talk about some smaller things that could be done that might help you in that area. First o

Government Operations committee  The interim supply reflects that portion of the mains, but the specifics are in the bill that's being tabled today.

Government Operations committee  There can be a range of rationales, but when departments come in, they have to request more than three-twelfths and have to provide an explanation to the Treasury Board Secretariat. Then, what you see reflected in the interim supply bill is the overall number for all those organi

Government Operations committee  Sorry.

Government Operations committee  Certainly. Are you referring to supplementary estimates (C)?

Government Operations committee  Let me ask you to turn to page 20 in your supplementary estimates (C). You see the ministry summary for Agriculture and Agri-food. You begin by looking at the departmental votes on the left-hand side. Those are your controls. You'll notice that vote number 1, your operating exp

Government Operations committee  This is normal and this is a three-year accumulation and it's also very similar to what we experienced when we had arrangements with banks and other organizations, rather than in 2000 when we implemented the new system.

Government Operations committee  Thank you. As you may recall, on March 1 officials were before this committee to present the supplementary estimates (C)--$920 million with the voted appropriations. When Parliament was dissolved on March 26 prior to supplementary estimates (C) being voted on, we were immediate

Government Operations committee  Not all of them. Anything that was an authority and not a dollar vote could not, so you will see this again, as we explain things like the student loan forgiveness for HRSDC. None of those could be done. There were also a number of deferred authorities--for example, increases t

Government Operations committee  Thank you; that's a good question. As you may recall, in Canada's economic action plan up to $2 billion was provided for direct, low-cost loans to municipalities over two years through CMHC. So there are no costs to taxpayers. These are repayable loans, and all costs are recover

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  It is a statutory appropriation....

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  It's stable for this program. It's low compared to many others.