Government Operations committee Yes, I can, sir, briefly. Every year we establish the reference levels for departments for the forthcoming year through what is called the annual reference level update, our ARLU process. To boil it down to simplest terms, we take the previous year's budget for the department an
February 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Alister Smith
Government Operations committee They can be quite frequent if we're in a heavy bargaining round. But I'll turn that question over to Hèléne.
February 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Alister Smith
Government Operations committee I can address that. Yes, we do compensate departments for any changes due to collective agreements that have been settled, and we compensate them for the difference between their current budgets and the cost, essentially, that occurs through the collective agreements. So essenti
February 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Alister Smith
Government Operations committee Yes, I actually do not have too much information on this, but I think the amount is only $120,000 of the total amount, and it's part of a horizontal cross-government advertising program, so it was a contribution to that on the part of CPSA.
February 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Alister Smith
Government Operations committee Thank you. I will just refer to the information available to me. It may well be the case that the agency will have to come back with more detail, because I don't claim to be an expert on this. I understand that of the $17.1 million there is a significant amount of funding for pu
February 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Alister Smith
Government Operations committee Yes, there was. Public service modernization and public service renewal activities are one component. A second component is classification reform activities for the Government of Canada in 2008-09. Third is the pay equity litigation support. Fourth was the campaign to be launched
February 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Alister Smith
Government Operations committee Thank you. I can start and try to give you some overall indication of what that supplementary estimates request was for. We may need to refer to our colleagues at the agency for more detail. We'll respond if you need it. The CPSA is looking for funding of $17.1 million for a nu
February 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Alister Smith
Government Operations committee Yes, I can.
February 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Alister Smith
Government Operations committee As you know, there was a strategic review undertaken of all the HR agencies, and the results were reported in the budget, in annex 3. This is not directly tied to the strategic review.
February 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Alister Smith
Government Operations committee May I defer to my colleague, Hélène Laurendeau, on that question?
February 5th, 2009Committee meeting
Alister Smith