Agriculture committee  I think we'll have to get back to you with more detail. At the time of the production of the RPP that program hadn't been renewed per se, so I think that's the adjustment from the FTE perspective. We'll get back to you on this.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's a good question. There's no official from the CGC, but we work collaboratively between the two organizations. In the past the department used to provide a human resources service to the Canadian Grain Commission, but they're really like a separate e

Agriculture committee  From an FTE point of view, as you know, the government announced in budget 2012 the gradual transfer of the community pasture programs to the various provinces—Manitoba and Saskatchewan in particular—so this reflects the gradual reduction over five years, and we're now in year th

Agriculture committee  The $32 million under federal infrastructure is in fact for the infrastructure that's owned entirely by the department. This is for the science capacity internal to the department—such as our research lab in Guelph, for example.

Agriculture committee  Thank you.

Agriculture committee  I will answer the question. You have before you the main estimates, and no new elements have been added in terms of that commitment.

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chair, I've been at Beaverlodge. I had a tour of the entire facility, inside and out. I spent a whole day there. It's an amazing facility. Obviously I don't have a crystal ball showing the future and I'm not a policy-maker, but I want to see a trend in this department. Partn

Agriculture committee  I'm quite aware of this; it's not unique to Beaverlodge. We're the federal government, and when you build on our land, you have to meet federal guidelines. If you're a developer, that means you need to comply with the municipal, provincial, and then the federal guidelines. We'

Agriculture committee  Sometimes we need a push, but it happens.

Agriculture committee  The first thing is the Treasury Board policy says that in general, and this applies to every department, the departments are to hold lands only for program purposes. Basically, if you no longer have a requirement, you should be disposing of it. My colleagues in science would be

Agriculture committee  They can spend 100% in a year. Usually, if we look at general trends, in the first year of the framework it takes time for the program to set up its new parameters or new programming, so sometimes the money will lapse. There are some provinces that will be close to 100% or 90%, s

Agriculture committee  I can give you a few examples, and they are pretty much across the country. There was the announcement that was part of the deficit reduction action plan. A number of our properties were identified for disposal. Sometimes the land doesn't belong to the department; it technically

Agriculture committee  I would just like to add a few points. The question is very timely, since today the President of the Treasury Board presented to the House the blue book, the plans and priorities for 2016-17. In that document, you will see the performance indicators for some of the department's

Agriculture committee  Yes, it is under way.

Agriculture committee  We are already planning the next policy framework.