The funds will be used to complete all activities related to the last general election. The first figure that you mentioned, which is more in the order of $5.3 million for the coming year, is further to an increase in appropriations approved by Treasury Board in June of last year.
The Office's budget was increased primarily to allow for additional resources further to different legislative amendments over the course of previous years. The second figure mentioned represents an expense associated with statutory appropriations arising from the cost of holding general elections, including evaluation costs, follow-up costs and post-event costs.