Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
I want to welcome the minister and his officials, notably Mr. Ranger whom we have known for a long time. The others are new officials, except for Mr. Marc Gagnon, whom we know quite well.
Ministers, I'm glad to hear that you have such a positive view of where we're going. Certainly we've given an indication that we want to cooperate in moving forward, but in moving forward we'd also like to get to some pretty specific issues.
I noted that in your presentations neither of you talked about the supplementary estimates, so I wonder if you'll allow us to deviate from your presentation for a moment and go to them. It will only be a moment or two.
There are two things you mentioned in particular that I'd like to ask some information about. I don't know which of the two ministers wants to address the issue of the National Capital Commission—perhaps Minister Baird because it's in his backyard.
I noted that in the supplementary estimates you are looking for an additional $5.4 million for operating expenses and an additional $10 million, which represents something in excess of 40% of the amount that was initially allocated over the previous budget. That $10 million was for capital expenditures. Do you want to give us just very briefly, in about 10 seconds, those projects that weren't thought of in the last budget but that, between the budget presentation and when you became minister, became really crucial?