Typically a department's operating budget is shown in what's called vote 1. Our vote 1 represents much more than our operating budget, so it's possible that the Library of Parliament assumed that all of vote 1 was our operating budget.
In fact, our vote 1 is worth almost $1 billion, and that is because included in our vote 1 is about $650 million associated with purchases we make on behalf of veterans. It's not actual programs and services, but it's purchases we make for such things as glasses, dental, drugs, even special equipment for their homes. All of those purchases are included in our vote 1 amount.
So when you separate those purchases as well as the budget for Ste. Anne’s Hospital, and then finally the costs of rehab, which are also included in our vote 1, you end up with what we call our pure operating budget, which is in the order of $230 million. If you add Ste. Anne's to that, it comes up to about $330 million.
That may be the reason that the Library of Parliament cast its light differently.