Thank you for your question.
Thank you for your work.
I was not given the chance to respond to the previous question from my colleague on the main estimates. There was a lot in it. As for the question to me on the estimates, I will remind everyone that this study is about the main estimates 2026-27. As I mentioned, there is $502.8 billion in spending, up $15.9 billion from last year.
Chair, there is $230.4 billion in voted spending and $272.4 billion in statutory spending.
Approximately $300.5 billion, 60%, is for transfer payments to, for example, the Canada health transfer, elderly benefits and fiscal equalization.
There is $14.7 billion in new budget 2025 spending, mainly to defence and infrastructure.
There is $11.8 billion for the Treasury Board Secretariat, mainly for government-wide costs—for example, public service insurance and benefits. That increase includes vote 20, in which public service insurance is increased by $1.03 billion. Also, vote 50—defence and security initiatives—is increased by $1 billion. Those are the main estimates. The major figures are included.