Government Operations committee  That's right. They're included in the supplementary estimates.

Government Operations committee  That's right. In “The Cuts Behind the Curtain”, I argue that there have been three waves of cutbacks or evaluations of programs: the 2007 through 2010 strategic review, the 2010 operating budget freeze, and the 2011 strategic and operating review, which is the $4 billion to $8 billion that the government is now considering cutting from expenditures.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the invitation today. I hope I can make a dry topic like estimates somewhat more interesting at three o'clock in the afternoon. I will make a brief presentation and some recommendations for your consideration. I will open the floor, as you suggest, Mr. Martin.

National Defence committee  I think your submission to the alternative federal budget this year was a goal of approximately $15 billion.

National Defence committee  That's right.

National Defence committee  Expenditures for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, looked at as a proxy for diplomacy, have increased less rapidly than expenditures for the Department of National Defence. As everyone knows, the aid budget is now frozen at $5 billion a year. I don't have the aid figures in front of me to see how much they've grown, but certainly to try to increase the funding has been an ongoing battle.

National Defence committee  Thank you, Steve. Thank you for inviting me today. In the report The Cost of 9/11, which came out in September of last year, I looked at the growing costs not only of defence spending but also of other security programs and public safety programs since 9/11. Some of those programs didn't even exist in 2001, and in fact were created later, as departments were put together and more money was put into them.