Environment committee  Perhaps I'll make one correction, and then I'll defer, particularly on some of the new initiatives, to my colleague Mr. Martin. I mentioned on a prospective basic, yes, but as the answer to another question. Under the previous government, and then under this government, there wa

Environment committee  Again, there are a number of initiatives that are big-ticket, if you like, that are embedded in the Budget Implementation Act. That's still subject to parliamentary approval. In terms of how that rates with previous years, one of the members mentioned—now, again, this question p

Environment committee  As I understand, it is subject to Parliament approving this, and that's with the Budget Implementation Act.

Environment committee  Correct.

Environment committee  I mentioned earlier, Mr. Chair, the horizontal management accountability results framework. That's not just an initiative that's internal; that's within my area of accountability. On a prospective basis, it is to coordinate with all of the other departments that are contributing

Environment committee  Partly. It's not just for us.

Environment committee  The chemicals action plan isn't actually part of the climate change horizontal management framework. That is different. But as my colleague mentioned, I think there are checks and balances imposed on any organization. We are required to produce a results management accountabili

Environment committee  Yes, Mr. Chair. Thanks. There are expenditures for advertising and communications, and these are standard expenditures across government. On the question of whether there was good value for money, or money well spent, those kinds of exercises usually occur after the fact, when

Environment committee  It's not in Environment Canada's books. As we mentioned, this would be the Department of Finance's books.

Environment committee  It would not be from Environment Canada's budget. The Department of Finance is accountable for that.

Environment committee  No. It's the Department of Finance. It's the Minister of Finance who is accountable for this particular initiative, as I understand it. But it's not within Environment Canada.

Environment committee  The only thing I can say—and I would ask my colleagues, Mr. Martin and Mr. Manson to comment—is that the government undertook in 2005 and 2006, a review of all of the initiatives aimed at climate change. As was mentioned during Mr. Martin's opening remarks at the beginning of th

Environment committee  I am Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer.

Environment committee  At some point, yes, all of the expenses would go through the department.

Environment committee  Yes.