The Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative is funded by two main sources. The first source of funding is the main estimates, which allocates approximately $135 million or $140 million, and the second source of funding consists of reimbursements from old programs, such as Technology Partnerships Canada.
On average, the department receives between $100 million and $110 million annually from projects funded in the past for which companies promised to pay us a return. We lend the money to these companies, and they repay us from their sales, such as engine sales. For example, Pratt & Whitney will repay us from its sales.
These amounts are partially reinvested in the program. The approximately $20 million that you have in front of you for supplementary estimates (B) originates from the royalties that the companies pay to the government. We usually receive these amounts in the last quarter, that is, in January, February or March. Therefore, it is too late to include these amounts in the main estimates. This is why it is done in the supplementary estimates.