John McCallum at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On November 22nd, 2011. See this statement in context.

November 22nd, 2011 / 3:55 p.m.

Liberal

John McCallum Liberal Markham—Unionville, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to the witnesses.

I'd like to begin with a question along the lines of Mike Wallace's.

I don't quite understand: in the note at the bottom of page 128, under “Explanation of Funds Available”, it states that about $16.5 million “in total authorities is available within the Vote due to savings identified as part of the government’s ongoing strategic review”, which is a similar quantity, about $16.5 million.

It certainly looks as if you found $16.5 million in one part of the department as a savings, and then you put the $16.5 million back in some other part of the department as spending. So the net saving is approximately zero. Is that right?

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