National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, as members will be aware, search and rescue is a partnership among a number of departments and agencies in Canada. This year DND is transferring to Parks Canada funding in the amount of about $336,000 to support an initiative called Coast Smart, which helps Parks Canad

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Like all government departments and agencies, DND has the authority every year to carry forward some certain amount of money. In the case of DND, that is 2.5% of our operating budget and our capital budget. It is our assumption that because of events beyond

National Defence committee  We don't plan on capital lapses. When suppliers to DND fail to deliver what they have contracted to do, we don't pay them. That is beyond our control. The money that we do not pay the contractor is carried forward to the future year to pay for the item when it is delivered.

National Defence committee  Thank you. Thank you, Minister, and thank you, Mr. Chair. In these supplementary estimates, in addition to the base budget that we get through main estimates, there is an additional $22 million in these estimates to go to the joint personnel support units to carry out a variety