Official Languages committee  Good morning. Is the amount $1.8 million for the public notices you're referring to?

Official Languages committee  The Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages publishes public notices in telephone books and other publications so that people can contact them. Those are the kinds of expenditures that are in our budget.

Official Languages committee  No, you're referring to the collective agreement for the Public Service Alliance of Canada, which represents the majority of the staff in the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. It applies to all the branches.

Official Languages committee  You want to know the cost of a complaint?

Official Languages committee  It is very difficult to say because as Ms. Charlebois just mentioned, employees perform different duties. We are a small organization.

Official Languages committee  A single person doesn't carry out only one duty. Some complaints are handled according to the facilitation process. It is brief, we're talking about one or two days. However, another complaint might take three months to get solved. So it's difficult to attribute a specific cost t

Official Languages committee  In 2011-12, we undertook an A-based review. The goal of that exercise was to ensure that all the money allocated to the Office of the Commissioner was really being used to carry out our mandate. Eighteen employees within the Office of the Commissioner have been reassigned. We hav

Official Languages committee  According to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Regulations, we are allowed to have 177 FTEs. However, we have 163, for a difference of 14 FTEs.

Official Languages committee  Hello. We have to be careful when figuring out that amount, because every investigation is separate. The commissioner's office has its own legal services. The legal affairs unit accounts for 8% to 10% of the office's total budget, so between $800,000 and $1,000,000. It has eight

Official Languages committee  Under current Treasury Board rules, we have to include the office. Ever since the 2012 budget, we have had to include the reallocation of costs. We did our best and we funded an IM/IT project. That accounts for some $2.9 million and is included in the $7.4 million, which puts the

Official Languages committee  We have a budget of approximately $20.8 million. Of that, $18 million goes to salaries and operations and $2 million covers employee benefits. The commissioner's office has no authority over that amount. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Treasury Board Secretariat, which han

Official Languages committee  Yes, the exercise that paid for the move from 344 Slater to the new location at 30 Victoria Street can be considered an advance on parliamentary appropriations. We were given an advance on funding. Considering the space we have been able to save, it was negotiated with Public Wor

Official Languages committee  Perhaps I could answer the previous question. I would like to add something to the words of the commissioner. It is true that we expect some additional financial constraints. The collective agreements have not yet been negotiated, and we don't know what the results will be. That

Official Languages committee  Most of the difference is due to the fact that we asked the Treasury Board Secretariat for a cash advance to cover our moving expenses. Our offices, which were on Slater Street, in Ottawa, are now located at 30 Victoria Street, in Gatineau. To cover the cost of that move of appr

Official Languages committee  That's right.