Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will move fairly quickly, and I will not repeat anything that was covered in our earlier discussions.
Slide 2 is a quick overview of how our estimates document is organized and what you'll find in it. There is an introductory section that provides some details on changes. There are then details by department. Then you'll see the proposed schedule to the appropriations bill.
I will remind members at this point that Parliament does not approve estimates; Parliament approves the appropriation act. These estimates are tabled to support the study of that appropriation act.
Another reminder is that there are statutory forecasts updated in this document. Again, they are there for information only. If you see an S beside something in the estimates document, it means it's statutory. Other items that we're actually seeking votes on do not have the S beside them.
As to another little trick of the trade, if you see an item in the document that is underlined, it means it has been adjusted. So if you see an S with an underline, it's an updated forecast. That is to help you decode these documents.
You will see in here allocations from Treasury Board central votes. I believe you are aware that there are central votes for such things as operating budget carry-forwards and capital budget carry-forwards. There are allocations from those votes in here as well. The horizontal items have been discussed already.
I will make only one point about slide 3. In the supplementary estimates (B), there is a non-budgetary item, a reduction of $1.4 billion. To refresh your memory, non-budgetary items include things such loans where there is no impact on the surplus or deficit of the government. So the negative $1.4 billion you're seeing here is because the government received an early repayment of its loan to Chrysler Canada. Because it was an early repayment, it was not forecast originally in the previous estimates document. It's showing up here as a reduction in the non-budgetary amount, because Chrysler repaid $1.4 billion ahead of schedule.