Mr. Chair, that question has many aspects to it. We'll probably share in answering the question. I think the first point I would make is that when it comes to vote 35, which was a separate vote in the main estimates to assist in moving the budget elements forward as quickly as we could after April 1, the role of the Treasury Board was to determine what programs that were identified in chapter 3 of the budget needed to be funded out of vote 35.
The board does not fund specific projects. They fund programs--for example, the community adjustment fund, which is a program. Once the board has approved the program and has authorized the funding, then that program and the associated funding is the responsibility of the minister and the department to determine how the money will be allocated regionally and what projects will be funded and which ones will not be. Essentially, that is the role of the department once they have the authority and the funding allocated out of vote 35 or supplementary estimates (A) and every other source of funds we have.