Mr. Speaker, in response to (a), Treasury Board Secretariat issued a new guideline on how to report internal services on April 1. To be compliant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, CIHR, changed how it captures and reports internal services. The increase of 134% is a direct result of this change in reporting methodology.
In response to (b), no additional FTEs will be added to CIHR’s payroll.
In response to (c), there will be no additional FTEs.
In response to (d), there will be no additional FTEs.