I don't think that's correct. I'll ask my colleague Mr. Pagan to describe more of the Treasury Board vote 5 procedure.
For vote 35, the items must be budget initiatives. They must be in the January 27 budget, so they are already confined to that budget. We also make other requirements internally. They must satisfy a cashflow requirement. If they can wait until supplementary estimates, that's fine; it will be in supplementary estimates (A). If they're ready, pass the due diligence tests, and there is a cashflow requirement for the department to move forward, they can be charged to the central vote.
I'll add one more element of perspective here. There's a lot of funding in that budget. It would be unreasonable to expect departments to be able to essentially cash manage and deliver those initiatives this fiscal year without some initial funding. So there's a rationale for this.
If you compare it to the past, departments did not have the ability to receive cash through supplementary estimates until December. That's fine in a normal year when you are trying to bring in a normal budget. You can cash manage until December. But if you're bringing in a large budget like this--and of course there's a need for timeliness--it's unreasonable to expect that departments will be able to make headway on such an ambitious and important program without some upfront funding. That's why we have supplementary estimates (A) in June, but it's also why we need the central vote.