--opening remarks as well. So a portion of them are included in some of these numbers.
The department administers a payment in lieu of taxes program, where the Minister of Public Works makes payments on behalf of other government departments that are custodians. In addition, there is a dispute advisory panel that is constructed as a result of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act. Municipalities can make representation to that panel if they feel the amounts or the approach the government is taking with respect to their payments is not appropriate.