Government Operations committee  We'll continue to work with the committee through the motion that has been established. Of course, we always frame it as estimated expenditures, Mr. Green, because it's not actual until such a time as it's in the public accounts. We'll be working with departments to try to finali

Government Operations committee  Very briefly, of the $24 billion voted, about $11.2 billion is related to COVID. On the statutory side of the $17 billion in statutory adjustments that we forecast, about $9 billion is related to COVID, so that takes it to about $20 billion. About half of the total voted in statu

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Ms. Chabot. I don't have a breakdown of how much that would be specifically for domestic production. With respect to Quebec in particular, we would have to.... The Public Health Agency of Canada would have a better line of sight on that.

Government Operations committee  The Public Health Agency of Canada would be better placed to be able to provide the answer to that question.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chabot, for the question. It's a great one. You are correct. A portion of it that is funding that the government had authority for from Parliament last year that has been moved over into this current fiscal year. Then there's a portion of it that is de

Government Operations committee  That's great. Thank you, Mr. Kusmierczyk. We will have to get back to you with the number of vaccine quarantine facilities that we've funded. We have more information on testing and so forth.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Kusmierczyk. I think that PHAC would be best placed to respond to that question, and we'd be happy to follow up with them on it.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Green. In terms of support for vaccine purchases and so forth, the funding is going to go towards the COVAX facility agreement in securing options to purchase vaccine doses for Canadians as they become available. The one thing I would say is that authorities typ

Government Operations committee  This is ongoing procurements that are going on, on the vaccine side, but it's all about the payments. These are to support payments that have to be made for the purchase of vaccines after royal assent to the supplementary estimates (A).

Government Operations committee  Again, I could speak to the fact that this is for the payment authority to be able to continue to contribute to that facility.

Government Operations committee  In the last fiscal year, effectively, because of the delay in payments on vaccines, the authority that was provided in the last fiscal year is being re-profiled to this fiscal year in order to be able to make those payments.

Government Operations committee  Re-profile decisions are made from the Minister of Finance. In terms of consideration of being in the estimates, there are Treasury Board authorities that are established. As it pertains to the specific question about that initiative, a lot of that's under cabinet confidence.

Government Operations committee  Let me just explain to you—

Government Operations committee  I do have details on what it's for. I can walk you through that really quickly.

Government Operations committee  They are contributions to municipalities, provinces and territories, non-profit organizations, businesses and indigenous organizations—