Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Madam Minister, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here with us this evening.
The Supplementary Estimates (C), 2022‑23, set out additional budget authorities of $10.3 billion. In his report, the Parliamentary Budget Officer notes that, since there are just five weeks left until the end of the current fiscal year, the funds would have to be spent by March 31. As we know, this report was written two weeks ago.
Does that mean that most of that 10 billion dollars has to be spent in the next 23 days?