It's not a bonus. Every cabinet minister has more work to do, including that cabinet minister, so let's be clear.
I know this isn't your area, but you are in charge of the Public Service of Canada, so I'm going to ask you one question. If you can't answer me, that's fine.
In one of the explanations in the “Canadian Transportation Accident” piece, and I just want to know if this is standard across the board—and maybe it's a Treasury Board question and not yours—it says here there's a slight deduction, which is explained by:
...collective agreements that have expired in 2011–12 and for which a new agreement has not yet been signed. The funding for terminable allowances in these collective agreements is not included in the Main Estimates.
From a financial perspective, can you tell me what's happening here? There's something in the collective agreement that they had, but it expired so they don't have to account for it until it's re-signed again? I don't know what's going on there.
If you can't explain it to me, that's fine. I'll ask Treasury Board.
I'm assuming this is something that's standard across government and not just for this agency.