Government Operations committee  Correct.

Government Operations committee  No. Other departments would have the same type of entry in either their main estimates or their supplementary estimates.

Government Operations committee  That's correct—in addition to the Prime Minister.

Government Operations committee  That's correct.

Government Operations committee  I wouldn't think so. We don't get to bring these amounts forward to the committee or to Parliament until they have actually been reviewed by the Treasury Board Secretariat and approved by the Treasury Board ministers. So there is always a lot of scrutiny with Treasury Board with respect to the dollars we come seeking.

Government Operations committee  I think we're down to looking at the final report and doing the revisions on it.

Government Operations committee  I think that is because of the estimates process. For example, for the 2009-10 year, the main estimates have to actually be in and finalized by the end of September 2008. When you have timelines like that, there are things that can occur, for example, after September 2008 that would affect our 2009-10 year.

Government Operations committee  We have a one-time set-up fee and we go through a fairly complicated set of calculations. It's not just the one-size-fits-all; we look at all the services required. If someone is fitting up a space, we take into account if space is already available, if it has already been fit up to secret, how many computers, because we run off at least--

Government Operations committee  About $1 million of the $3.9 million, or $974,000, is for corporate.

Government Operations committee  That's correct.

Government Operations committee  There are actually two items you will see there for $2,000 each. One of them is for the new position of Minister of State for Democratic Reform. Because that was new since the time we put in the estimates last year, we had to cover it off in supplementary estimates. The car allowance for the whip was an oversight.

Government Operations committee  I believe there were some issues around actually getting documents in. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, I know there was a lot of discussion in the commission around ensuring that they truly understood the content of what they were looking at. One of the other reasons for the delay is that they want to be absolutely sure that the narrative in the report is accurate, and they're taking great pains to make sure that the recommendations they're proposing will be actual solutions that can be implemented and that are practical.

Government Operations committee  I can't answer that. In fact, Judge Major, who is the commissioner responsible for the inquiry, has full jurisdiction. He is at the deputy minister level in his own right. They don't negotiate with us as to what the content is. I haven't seen any of that. We provide financial and administrative support to the commission, but the workings inside the commission are under his governance.

Government Operations committee  I don't think that is why the money is being requested. I think it truly is to try to make sure, when the report is finalized, that it provides some clear decisions and some clear recommendations that will, in the final analysis, satisfy particularly those folks who have been participating in the inquiry and the families.

Government Operations committee  No. In fact, no one in the Privy Council Office would know, because the inquiry is set up under the auspices of the Prime Minister. It is his prerogative. They operate completely separately from us, other than that we provide administrative assistance.