Thank you, Mr. Chair.
And thank you for being here.
My question is directed to Ms. Bloodworth. Could you help me understand the interplay between section 37.1 of the Financial Administration Act, an appropriation, a supplementary estimate, and the Treasury Board directive? The reason I ask you this question is that as I have been reading the legal opinion, I think your focus has been on the Treasury Board: “One cannot presume the Treasury Board will approve and the Treasury Board has no obligation to approve.”
So question number one concerns contractual obligations set out by the Treasury Board guidelines and the Financial Administration Act and how section 37.1 plays with them. Then I'd like to ask a few more questions.