Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'd like to thank the member for her very kind comments. It's great to see her again.
In terms of the resources for 2017-18, on a strict mains-to-mains basis the numbers are up, but as the member correctly states, when you look at the mains and all the supplementaries from 2016-17, the numbers are down. I think at this point the department does anticipate receiving additional resources through supplementary estimates.
I'll give you one example. The ocean protection plan, which the government announced in November, is not reflected in the main estimates. We would anticipate seeing it in supplementary estimates (A) or (B) going forward. Should Parliament approve those estimates, they would provide significant additional resources for Transport Canada to carry out the activities and the responsibilities that have been described in public by the minister and the Prime Minister.
I think on a mains-to-mains basis, the numbers are up a bit. I cannot predict what the government will table for estimates, for supplementaries, and I can't predict what Parliament would vote, but it is likely that there would be significant additional resources flowing, based on the statements made in the budget and by the minister.
I would say, as the deputy head of the department, that we've been doing some very rigorous financial planning. I wouldn't say we have lots of extra cash flying around, but I feel that we have the resources we need to discharge the responsibilities that we currently have.