Environment committee  Mr. Chair, maybe I can explain very briefly or try to make this simple, because it really is.

Environment committee  The $391 million is the amount in cash. This is how much we will spend over the five-year period.

Environment committee  In year one we are planning to spend the amounts that are before you as supplementary estimates, the $57.7 million. That's what we plan on spending.

Environment committee  That $57 million depreciates over the life of the investment we're making, so that's why you will see $1 in the budget document, budget 2014.

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, as is the case for all departments, our objective is to be at 17% by 2020. The challenge and the reality we have, which people may not always appreciate, is that we have a very significant fleet of heavy equipment, which includes, for example, the snowplows for the Tra

Environment committee  This $57.7 million is all based on deferred work for assets that are in poor or very poor condition, i.e., for highways, bridges, and dams. That is the priority of that investment of $57.7 million. That is augmented by our overall capital budget of approximately $122 million, w

Environment committee  It's addressing the most current and emerging emergencies. The overall backlog of deferred work is in the range of $2.8 billion.

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, often if we're going to rehabilitate a building, for example, as part of the rehabilitation, we look at energy improvement.

Environment committee  We are on target. I can provide the latest information to this committee. We've been on target and we are taking our roles responsibly. We've significantly reduced, for example, our fleet, and even for the fleet that we now have we've used different standards to make sure we me

Environment committee  Well, we have money within our existing budget that we invest for such things as greening our fleet, replacing our fleet, and buying all of our general equipment in the office setting for major buildings, because usually it is very expensive. As we do a major rehabilitation of th

Environment committee  There are six projects for about $1.5 million.

Environment committee  Okay.

Environment committee  We received the announcement this week and we will move quickly to implement.

Environment committee  Yes, Mr. Chair, there are six different projects that amount to about $1.5 million for the Rideau Canal as part of the $57 million.

Environment committee  Sorry, Mr. Chair, of the $57.7 million that is being presented today.... On the remaining $340 million or so for the next four years, the allocations will be confirmed shortly.