Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. Mr. Chair, committee members, I am pleased to appear before you this afternoon as the Chief Financial Officer for Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. For simplicity's sake, I will use the acronym HRSDC throughout this prese

Government Operations committee  I think the biggest reason is the incremental resources the department received as a result of the economic action plan. If you include the grants and contributions, there are increases in the statutory programs because of the rate increases--the payment is a little bit more--and