Thank you for being here.
I have very specific questions for clarification purposes.
You say there was a specific need for vote 35. That was fine; it was to be used to stimulate the economy within 120 days. As you are the chief accounting officer, I'd like to ask you the following questions: what were the parameters used to allocate the $1.8 billion you have in the supplementary estimates (A); and what was the process used and due diligence exercised in selecting these departments and programs?
In terms of value for money, I'm just looking at the stimulus. So if we could go to page 3 of your supplementary estimates (A) and look at the Canada Revenue Agency and Canadian Institutes of Health Research, could you give me an idea of how the allocation of these moneys would have stimulated jobs or the economy?
Thank you.