Industry committee  That is it. What Mr. Smith mentioned yesterday was in connection with the census and the national survey of households that will be done this year. Therefore, we have two things that are somewhat different.

Industry committee  It is in the Statistics Canada budget because the census will take place this year. The government had granted them funds for this purpose. If you compare with the estimates of previous years, you will note that this year there was an increase to cover the implementation of the census.

Industry committee  This a total expenditure, but the appropriations are always based on excellence and on merit. There is no allocation regarding the funds that the granting councils give to various researchers. This depends on the proposals that are submitted. These proposals are reviewed by peers in order to choose the ones that have the best rating.

Industry committee  This has to do with appropriations for 2010-2011. Actually, there are two weeks left before the end of the fiscal year. I think that this committee's objective is to review the last supplementary estimates and report to the House before March 31.

Industry committee  I think that it would be fair to say that there are working hypotheses that have been formulated regarding the extra appropriations. Very often, these are transfers. As for the Department of Industry, these are often transfers between government agencies. For example, every year, our department transfers $75,000 to Treasury Board.

Industry committee  This relates, I believe, to the minister's office transfer. Is that the one you're talking about?

Industry committee  When the agency was initially set up Mr. Goodyear had, and still has, two portfolios; one is Minister of State for Science and Technology and one is for FedDev, and Treasury Board made some initial allocations. In this round of supplementary estimates they have calibrated this better in terms of what should be paid by FedDev versus what should be paid by Industry Canada.

Industry committee  Yes, it's staff in the minister's office. It's to better reflect how many people are working in Minister Goodyear's office as Minister of State for FedDev versus Minister of State for Science and Technology.

Industry committee  With your permission, I will take some time to read this chapter. I'll come back in three minutes, for the next turn.

Industry committee  The estimates speak of extra funds for Statistics Canada to help them make a better analysis of the consumer price index.

Government Operations committee  I will send it to you.

Government Operations committee  Overall we don't expect major changes, but in the same way that during the auto crisis we did slow down staffing in order to have additional resources to apply to these management consulting firms to do the due diligence on the car deals--

Government Operations committee  Yes; we do have, I would say, a plan, but given the churn.... Let's say you have a churn of 600 or 700 jobs a year that become open. We have a fairly tight management oversight regarding—

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  A variety of these tools indeed are the ones that we will put in play. We will cut down a bit more on travelling. We'll cut down a bit more on consulting, and delay some staffing, and invest in some technology.