Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, committee members, thank you for the invitation to appear before the committee this afternoon on behalf of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. I would like to introduce my colleagues who are with me today: Paul Thompson, assistant deputy minister of our Paym

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Government Operations committee  I believe I referred to that in my opening remarks, Mr. Chair. They are for three campaigns: skilled trades, elder abuse, and financial elder abuse.

Government Operations committee  I'll be happy to ask my colleague, Renée Couturier, who has that information.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, earlier in the session I gave some examples. Probably the largest of the $60 million is the merging of the AIG—that's the apprenticeship incentive grant and the apprenticeship completion grant—which is $30 million right there. It is very difficult to read the table, s

Government Operations committee  The answer to that question, Mr. Chairman, is that the $60 million shows up in voted money. The other $20 million is chargeable to things like, for example, our CPP account. Those are other savings, which count for the purpose of the budget document on page 223, but they do not c

Government Operations committee  That is indeed correct, and particularly so this fiscal year because of the date of the election.

Government Operations committee  For our department we would prepare our main estimates in the month of October, obviously of the previous year, so around five to six months before the fiscal year begins.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your understanding.

Government Operations committee  It's based on an estimate that we made some time ago. Again, the timing issue is such that now we have included that item in the supplementary estimates (B).

Government Operations committee  The $5 million for the new horizons for seniors program is indeed provided as announced by Budget 2011, and it will further the program's objectives by funding a greater number of projects, bringing the program's total annual budget to $45 million. Since 2004, the new horizons fo

Government Operations committee  In the item for the $9.5 million for advertising, that is indeed one of the campaigns it is intended for.

Government Operations committee  Before I turn it over to my colleague, Mr. Paul Thompson, I want to inform the committee that in the supplementary estimates (B) there is no reference to the funding being questioned.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, if you will allow a bit of a two-part answer, I'm going to address the operating part and I'm going to ask my colleague, Paul Thompson, to talk about the contribution part. The $2.6 million under vote 1 for GIS top-up is for us to implement the top-up, and that's prim

Government Operations committee  As contained in the main estimates, these funds available can be directly attributed to strategic review. The strategic review is referenced on page 223 of the June 6, 2011, budget document. There are three categories of savings. The bulk of the available funds referred to in t