Government Operations committee  I think about 60% has been allocated. About $800 million, I believe, has been allocated.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, as the collective agreements were signed and the bargaining agents agreed to these components, each department notified the individuals who are members of that union or bargaining unit and indicated to them...they got their specific numbers. They were told, “Here is ho

Government Operations committee  No, we transferred them to the department, for the department to be able to pay them out.

Government Operations committee  Yes, it's taxable income.

Government Operations committee  Absolutely.

Government Operations committee  I will probably ask Ms. Walker to give you more details, but I can tell you that we had to invest because we split the system. Previously, we had an integrated system in the Department of Finance, but we had to split it up. The Treasury Board Secretariat is the only organization

Government Operations committee  Yes, it does. The split was made before Shared Services Canada was created. The infrastructure still has to be maintained, and that portion will be transferred to Shared Services Canada. It has actually already been transferred, and the Department of Finance part will be transfer

Government Operations committee  We are just completing the transfers. At the same time, for the sake of exercise and transparency, we had to allocate money to the Treasury Board Secretariat before sending it to Shared Services Canada, so that it would be clear in terms of appropriations.

Government Operations committee  What they're based on is, I would say, historical perspectives of what normally departments would need. The operating budget carry-forward, for example, is based on the fact that departments can carry forward 5% of their operating vote. We do an estimate, grosso modo, of what has

Government Operations committee  The access to the contingency vote was essentially to deal with the upgrades that needed to be done to the Chalk River laboratory. Some of it was in remediation and some of it was for the winding down of the isotopes facility. It was a question of timing for the Chalk River lab

Government Operations committee  The biggest changes for us, Mr. Chair, are really in relation to the central votes. We get attributed to the Treasury Board votes at the beginning of the year and we disburse them throughout the year. So you will see the reductions from our central votes going out, because they'r

Government Operations committee  They are in the annexes, where you see the vote transfers.

Government Operations committee  Let me refer you to page 158 of supplementary estimates (C). You will see, on pages 159 and following, “Allocations from...Central Votes”.

Government Operations committee  The $1.2-million difference you are seeing in the main estimates comes solely from money allocated for creating a case management system. That system is supposed to allow and facilitate request management and the processing of submitted cases. That's all the money was intended fo

Government Operations committee  The changes were made to that vote based on the priorities set by the commissioner. The modification resulted in a difference of $8,000 compared with the total budget.