Public Accounts committee  It would apply beyond Finance. It's for the whole public service. There is a code of values and ethics that all public servants must comply with. This is an employment requirement. It requires the ongoing daily consideration of potential conflicts of interest between your public

Public Accounts committee  I don't want to pretend that I'm an expert on that code, but at a minimum, all of us would be required as public servants to think about it: Are my activities outside of my public service work in conflict with the work I do within the public service?

Public Accounts committee  We don't have that at our fingertips. There would be different types of programs. I don't know if you mean the disaster financial assistance arrangements or something broader where there have been specific measures, but we can pool our efforts and come back with something compreh

Public Accounts committee  I'll take that question. Thank you for your question and for drawing attention to it. That was a new and more specific disclosure in the past volume of the public accounts. In the 2022-23 year, there was an unusual and exceptional amount of contingent liabilities that were reco

Public Accounts committee  It's been acknowledged.

Public Accounts committee  I'll take that question. I accurately quoted that information. As to the government's perspective and all the documents—the fall economic statement and budget 2023—it continues to be the case that the government is putting forward a sound economic and fiscal plan. That includes

Public Accounts committee  To my knowledge, no.

Public Accounts committee  I simply wouldn't know.

Public Accounts committee  For my part, no.

Public Accounts committee  As of the fall economic statement that we tabled on Tuesday, our forecast in-year for this fiscal year is $3.9 billion.

Finance committee  I'll start and she may supplement. Because the EI account is consolidated in the Government of Canada's finances, the $25 billion is $25 billion wherever it is. If there is an interest to somehow make the EI account whole faster than the seven-year break-even rate would call fo

Finance committee  Mathematically speaking—I'm not going to dispute the math there—the government has directly shouldered from the consolidated revenue account the vast amount of support for individuals, both through that transfer back for the EI-ERB and through all of the individual benefits that

Finance committee  Yes, you found the right table. I will add that the government has already reimbursed the Employment Insurance Operating Account by transferring $27 billion to it. As the name indicates, the employment insurance program is an insurance program, so it is provided that workers cont

Finance committee  This measure includes ongoing savings and follows up on the budget 2022 commitment to do so.

Finance committee  Yes.