Government Operations committee  Full-time equivalent, so an extra person. It will also go towards whatever data implementation is necessary for doing that. There are certain data activities that will be required, and working with the departmental community—possibly consultations and so forth—and so those funds

Government Operations committee  Sure. I'd be very happy to answer it.

Government Operations committee  That's correct. In December the Canadian Gender Budgeting Act passed. Under that act, there's a requirement for the Minister of Finance to look at incremental measures and to do GBA+ assessments. A gender budgeting document accompanied the last budget, and it did these kinds of a

Government Operations committee  Collecting—

Government Operations committee  Collecting data, and the addition of an extra FTE. It will work towards trying to get better administrative-level data from programs, and working with other departments to ensure that better administrative-level data is able to sync with StatsCan data in a way that will allow bet

Government Operations committee  It will be an extra FTE, but also—

Government Operations committee  I would emphasize implementation. Making sure of the design and the implementation, making sure that the funds are dedicated to the right departments in certain circumstances with respect to vote 10, and are identified for the right votes is appropriate. There are times when many

Government Operations committee  —it's purely a timing issue, I would say it's more about making sure that the funding that is approved is targeted and directed in the best way possible.

Government Operations committee  I would say that those priorities are very clear in the departmental plan. You're saying that one indicator is not up to snuff. We have a lot of indicators, and I think these are things that we continue to improve. Certainly in terms of the OGGO report—I think that was your recom

Government Operations committee  Sure.

Government Operations committee  No, I wouldn't characterize it that way at all. I think, coming out of the experience last year, the interest was in ensuring that—

Government Operations committee  —public servants who are sitting across the table at committees are able to respond on issues. In other words—

Government Operations committee  I think it's the opposite of what you're saying.

Government Operations committee  Fair enough.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. For vote 10, again, as I said to Mr. Blaikie, these are for horizontal initiatives. They cover many departments. There are design aspects that are still being worked out. It's not known what the precise amounts are that are going to be allocated for