Government Operations committee  None come to mind that were in the wrong department.

Government Operations committee  It's an important point you raise. If there's something that's in vote 40 for a specific department, for a specific initiative, for a specific amount, if there's any deviation on that, if there's any change in that, in other words, if the amount actually is—

Government Operations committee  Well, I—

Government Operations committee  Maybe just as a general statement I'd say that there are no approvals being taken away. You still have a policy approval. You still have the source of funds approval. You—

Government Operations committee  —still have implementation, which is taken by Treasury Board. There are no approvals actually being taken away or skirted in this process.

Government Operations committee  In terms of your other question, though, you had a question: Is there anything else? The international feminist agenda is something that is coming. It was originally envisaged through vote 40, but it's coming back through the supplementary (B)s because there was a portion of it

Government Operations committee  Sure.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for your questions. For the most part, if you think of the sequencing, you have the budget and then this year we have main estimates that will be tabled after the budget, which will take into account budget measures. From a financial standpoint, you have thos

Government Operations committee  We don't have those yet. Those are things that will be tabled at the beginning of the fiscal year.

Government Operations committee  Sure. We have a lot of statutory programs in support of seniors, including the GIS, guaranteed income supplement, and the OAS, old age security. We facilitate along with the provinces on the Canada pension plan as well, with respect to changes to the CPP. Changes were introduced

Government Operations committee  Yes, exactly. There is a whole host of different programs that would support seniors through that window to varying degrees. There are some broader programs that may be income support programs. Seniors may be a subset of a demographic of that program, including others who are bel

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  The process we're using this year is the exact same as we used last year. I can't comment on previous testimony that you've received. In terms of the instructions, those instructions have been going out, again, like last year's, in the fall preceding the new fiscal year. Again, i

Government Operations committee  That's fine. Yes.

Government Operations committee  Sure.