Finance committee  Could you just clarify where...?

Finance committee  That's in the estimates?

Finance committee  Within a week or two.

Finance committee  Okay. I'd be pleased to respond to the increases. Many of them were included in supplementary estimates last year and are sunsetting this year.

Finance committee  The operating costs, if there are any changes, would normally reflect any new initiatives that have been announced since the main estimates were closed. For example, in supplementary estimates (A), the task force on the payments system review, the statutory items are refreshed th

Finance committee  This would be the second.

Finance committee  The International Development Association is the arm of the World Bank that provides financial assistance to the world's poorest countries and is financially replenished by donors every three years. For IDA's fifteenth replenishment in 2008, Canada pledged a total of $1,152,800

Finance committee  My opening comments were with respect to the departmental summary. We could have officials from the other organizations speak to their increases.

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. My name is Sherry Harrison. I am the executive director responsible for the Financial Management Directorate at the Department of Finance. With me today are officials who are here to assist in responding to your questions on the main estimates 2010-201

Finance committee  In the last fiscal year.

Finance committee  My sense would be that it is for the transparency of those costs.

Finance committee  In the 2008-09 supplementary estimates (B), an amount of $5 million was provided to the department for advertising related to TFSA.

Finance committee  In prior years, the Treasury Board Secretariat had asked all departments to reflect internal corporate services. These are things like financial, communication, legal, HR support, as part of and incorporated in each program activity. Starting with these main estimates, they have

Finance committee  The departmental performance report that I referred to, which is tabled in the fall, will provide the estimates funding, which is the mains, plus the various supplementary estimates, or received funding, against the actuals, with a narrative explanation of the changes. As I said,

Finance committee  In the fall, the departmental performance report is tabled, which would have information on the actual cost of the prior fiscal year. As well, the Public Accounts of Canada are similarly tabled in the fall and relate to the prior fiscal year expenditures.