Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, members of the committee.
I have some talking points that walk people through the specific items in the supplementaries. If it's agreeable to you, Mr. Chairman, I'll just leave that with the clerk for reference.
I'd just note that we have a busy agenda at the department. There are currently five bills before Parliament being debated at various stages in both chambers. We're busy on implementation of the March budget. There are both positive investments and deficit reduction measures.
Of course, we do have the supplementary estimates here. These are, in a nutshell, largely measures that flow from the budget, so the decisions came after the main estimates were put to bed. This is often a pattern with our department. There are significant supplementary estimates every year.
If you add together the main estimates, the supplementary (A)s, and the supplementary (B)s, we will be spending about $8.5 billion this year.
I'd be happy to take questions on any of the supplementary estimates items, of course, and on any other matters of interest to the committee.