Mr. Chairman, this reflects a change that was decided upon at the government level. These services include matters such as administration, accommodation, informatics, finance, and personnel. Previously they were allocated to the substantive programs of the department proportionately. They were dispersed amongst integration, citizenship, and what not. A decision was taken to report them separately so that Parliament would have a clearer idea of how much was spent on these support services.
On March 10th, 2009. See this statement in context.