Environment committee  There area a couple of things. First, we have to decide which ones we're going to assess, and then we do an assessment on those. Then we look at things like the degree of contamination, who's going to be affected by it, and frankly some of the practical realities of addressing th

Environment committee  Exactly. We may be coming back in front of this committee to talk about supplementary estimates (B) or (C), and it will be those things added to the budget through the course of the year.

Environment committee  I'll let Carol, who is our CFO, comment on that. I would note that one thing that's covered in that line is money that we've put toward the Randle Reef project. I think that's about $19 million. That's some money that was reallocated. So yes, it was a significant increase, but

Environment committee  This is the Lake Simcoe-southeastern Georgian Bay cleanup fund. It used to be the Lake Simcoe fund and it was expanded to include southeastern Georgian Bay. A lot of that money goes to community-based projects. We look at things like how to reduce phosphorus inputs. It's part of

Environment committee  Perhaps I can say that, at one level, you're right. There's a lot of scientific activity to try to understand this problem we have with nutrient levels in the Great Lakes. There are actually some people behind me, one of whom might want to come forward to the table, who could t

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  I think in general what we see is that, yes, there are the main estimates, and then through the year there are the supplementary estimates that add to that. If you look at it at the end of the year, you'll see usually more money spent than was in the main estimates, because we go

Environment committee  The forward-looking one is that when you look at our projections going forward in the report on plans and priorities, it shows a path for what we anticipate expenditures, budgets, to be in future years. That's where we run into this reporting issue, which is that if money is due

Environment committee  I don't have those numbers right now, but I will send them to you. You're interested in the percentage attributable to the provinces. Would you mind repeating the last part of your question?

Environment committee  If I have your questioning correctly, what you're pointing out is that we have a number of programs in Environment Canada—climate change and clean air being examples—for which we get time-limited funding, so we get it for five years or some other period of time. What you see in t

Environment committee  But that's the issue I'm trying to explain. When we get that funding, we get it for a period of time, so it expires, say, after five years, which is exactly what's happening here, and it is to be renewed.

Environment committee  I guess, Mr. Chair, what I'd have to say is that the reporting requirement we operate in doesn't allow us to assume that Parliament gives us money at the end of a five-year period. So in our projection, we have to say, if it is due to expire in five years, that it will expire. Th

Environment committee  Personally I'm not aware of the figure, but it doesn't surprise me that the amount we pay out to accommodate for disaster relief would be a significant amount. We have programs for that.

Environment committee  I can't tell you the exact number, but it's around 180.

Environment committee  I can get back to you with the specifics.