Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. In Budget 2007 the government announced three fairly significant regulatory reform initiatives. One was a major project review office led by Natural Resources Canada. A second was a paper reduction exercise led by the Department of Industry. A third was a more comprehensive approach.

Government Operations committee  It's a combination of both. By the time we're fully staffed up with this organization, we'll probably have about four or five full-time indeterminate staff. They would be available, as experts, to provide that kind of analysis to departments. We also augment it with dollars on a cost-shared basis so that consultants can be hired.

Government Operations committee  The amount that will be flowing to the regulatory force sector is $2.4 million. Within that $2.4 million, about $750,000 will be spent on that centre this year. The balance will be to develop guides and develop more assistance in terms of benefit-cost analysis, international trade cooperation, performance measurement, service standards, as well as providing conferences and other events so the regulatory community can learn more about this, along with developing curricula at the School of Public Service for each of those courses.