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Government Operations committee Thank you for the question. I want to bring your attention to the main estimates. When we publish our projections, the information is broken down by department and by program architecture. That information is already provided in the main estimates. As for the supplementary esti
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
Government Operations committee I think that, in his letter, Minister Clement also suggests that you study this. Parliament has some control based on votes. If you change the control method based on programs, a completely different control mechanism will be created. I don't think that one is better or worse tha
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
Government Operations committee Mr. Chair, the supply is in fact in the main estimates. If you wanted to have a look at them, I believe they start on page.... Okay, the full supply.... But the interim supply, I guess, is not included in the mains.
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
Government Operations committee That's not exactly....
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
Government Operations committee We mustn't forget about statutory votes. Most of the increases come from statutory votes. They are provided for information purposes, but statutory votes cover pension plans and employment insurance. And that's where most of the increases come from. In addition, in his report, t
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
Government Operations committee The Department of National Defence is one of the organizations that require the most capital investments. Every time there is a change in the purchase and acquisition of goods and services included in that vote, there are major repercussions. If we don't take into account the Dep
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
Government Operations committee Exactly. The considerable change you are seeing for that whole vote is attributable to the Department of National Defence, whose expenditures fluctuate based on the purchases and acquisitions made from one year to the next. If you do not take that department's portion into accoun
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
Government Operations committee I will ask Ms. Walker to answer that question.
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
Government Operations committee There is another very interesting aspect. In the past, people had to submit forms to insurance companies. They had to send them supporting documents. That’s done automatically with the card. Therefore, we save on paperwork, and that leads to considerable administration savings.
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
Government Operations committee They will be recurring.
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
Government Operations committee Generally speaking, it is three-twelfths unless there are some specific requirements, which the department has to put to us and justify. I will ask Ms. Thornton to give you the explanation as to why the others are higher than the normal three-twelfths.
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
Government Operations committee No, because, Mr. Chair, we have to look at what is admissible for the carry-forward. We have to be able to determine whether they have used up all of their existing votes. So it's not tasked.
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
Government Operations committee It's not a pass; it's not an automatic.
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray
Government Operations committee That's correct.
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Michelle d'Auray