Government Operations committee  Yes, the same project. It's been a keen area of interest for this committee in the past. If you look to the introductory section of the estimates, you will see the list of all the horizontal items and also an indication of whether it has received money before. The first nations water and wastewater action plan has received funding in the past, and you'll get the history.

Government Operations committee  There are two parts to the question. Is there money in here related to the shipbuilding project on the east coast with Irving? My understanding is that the answer is no. Where is that project at? My understanding is that they are continuing to nail down the best design before they actually start to cut steel.

Government Operations committee  This again goes back to Parliament approving money on an annual basis. We have talked about reprofiles here, where a department says, “You know what? We initially thought we would spend that money in this year, but we're not going to.” DND will be resourced for their expenditures related to those ships when they have a better idea of when the bills will come due.

Government Operations committee  I don't recall what was the firm involved. That's a better question for National Defence to answer because I'm not too close to that process.

Government Operations committee  Is this a question about an independent third party in terms of the review that was done for the F-35 and you're curious about the amount of the contract? I just want to make sure I have the question correct. Is it the name of the firm and the amount of the value of the contract?

Government Operations committee  I can certainly find out the value of the contract and the name of the firm. The actual questions around why they were chosen I think are probably better answered by DND, but I'll get the first two for sure.

Government Operations committee  My understanding is that the arrangement with the government is that if they eliminate taxes on capital, they receive compensation from the federal government. My understanding is that if they just reduce, there is nothing in play. It's eliminate. The amounts you're seeing here are for the Province of Quebec and for the Province of British Columbia to acknowledge their elimination of capital taxes.

Government Operations committee  Have they already received? Yes.

Government Operations committee  From a parliamentary perspective, Parks Canada gets a bucket of funds that they can distribute across various projects. In putting together their request, Parks Canada looks at their current infrastructure, which items are in need of repair, and also what they think they can accomplish during the current fiscal year, because there are limits to what you can do.

Government Operations committee  This is additional funding for this.

Government Operations committee  This is directly related to how estimates work. When we get the main estimates, which is how we start the year, any department that is going to spend money, which is all departments, would be on that list. As the year goes on, if departments get Treasury Board approval to spend new money and indicate they are capable of spending it this year, because we do resource departments year by year, you come into supplementary estimates.

Government Operations committee  The amount ratified by the courts was exactly what had been agreed upon by the parties. So it was an exact amount.

Government Operations committee  There wasn't a real issue from my perspective. This is just a bit of speculation, but demand notes are great if you're not really sure whether the money is going to be used: you put it out there, and if you need it, you need it. If you're pretty certain that they're going to require the money, you might as well just flow it.

Government Operations committee  No, it's actually.... That's an interesting question. Those are payments to two provinces that have agreed to effectively come on board. This represents one-time payments to Saskatchewan and New Brunswick, which are now part of this initiative. They have basically been funded on a one-time basis to acknowledge that they are now part of this process.

Government Operations committee  —previously, I believe—