Government Operations committee  It may be something that you may wish to also get supplementary information on from ESDC. Ultimately, as I mentioned, of a base of about $34 billion in student loans, since 2014-15 the government has written off between—

Government Operations committee  Actually, if I could finish with this line.... Since 2014-15, the government has written off between $164 million and $295 million per year in student loans. This is a regular appearance in these estimates. It is a normal accounting practice for us to expense it in this way.

Government Operations committee  There's a stock of about $34 billion in terms of student loans.

Government Operations committee  Again, the portion that is being written off is the non-performing.

Government Operations committee  The performing, effectively, is the bulk of all the loans. Given the fact they are performing.... I can't comment on the policy and the calibration of the student loan program. That's beyond our remit. All to say, that it is a normal practice through the estimates and supply to h

Government Operations committee  That's a policy question that would probably be best addressed to our colleagues at ESDC.

Government Operations committee  I don't have the answer to what proportion of the $588 million is going directly to first nations providers of that, versus provincial versus agency. I don't think we have that information, unless Ms. Santiago does. It's within the authority of the department and the minister.

Government Operations committee  I understand there's a stock of about $34 billion. Typically what happens is that from a fiscal planning standpoint they end up putting a provision in the fiscal framework for loans. This is effectively the end result of non-performing loans, going to CRA and seeking six years in

Government Operations committee  For years, the range has been—

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. Allow me to answer you in English. I don't actually have the information to show the distinction. You're talking about 2018-19, and the reference level of 2018-19 for health versus the authorities proposed to date, of about $2.7 billion her

Government Operations committee  Right.

Government Operations committee  I can give you another explanation. For transfers—the Canada health transfer, Canada social transfer, equalization, and so forth—that doesn't show up here with respect to this.

Government Operations committee  If you go to the main estimates, I believe you'll see, effectively, for 2019-20, the start of the year, about $175 billion. Those large transfers are part of that structure and we started reporting on statutory expenses because parliamentarians were asking to get a lens in terms

Government Operations committee  These are for voted amounts, non-statutory amounts.

Government Operations committee  Sure. Thank you very much. You mentioned a few things, actually. I just want to make sure there's a clear line of sight in terms of what is in the supplementary estimates to support indigenous writ large. You did talk about the $919 million. This is for loan forgiveness. It wa