Government Operations committee  Let me try again, because maybe we are just misunderstanding the question. As a result of the spending reviews, departmental budgets have been reduced, and reduced in future, so their reference levels have already been reduced. Next year's reference level will be reduced by a c

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  That is new funding, and I'll ask one of my colleagues to elaborate on the specifics of that new funding.

Government Operations committee  I'll turn to Bill here, but just to start, we take these estimates every year from the Department of Finance. They're not really part of the supps package per se, in terms of requests to Parliament, but we reflect any changes in interest, for example, from the Department of Finan

Government Operations committee  I'll ask Christine to answer that.

Government Operations committee  Let me start, and then I'll turn to Christine. We have indeed been working on streamlining our internal processes and making efficiencies in a number of areas, including the expenditure management sector and corporate services, which Christine represents. One example of a stre

Government Operations committee  There are a series of questions there. I'll start, then I'll turn to my colleagues to provide more information. We do have an idea, as I mentioned, that we are on track, not ahead of schedule, in the reduction of positions. Now, there is attrition—that is, people in an aging wor

Government Operations committee  The short answer on the last part is that only 63 organizations at this point had a request for additional funds that had to be included in this document. Some departments have not had a requirement for new appropriations and had no new budget initiatives. Therefore, they would n

Government Operations committee  You're referring to the statement in the House of the breakdown of numbers to date. We have provided some information in response to parliamentary questions on the breakdown by department, by portfolio. To get too precise on who is where within the various categories is complic

Government Operations committee  Is it transferred under vote 1? I think that's what you may be referring to.

Government Operations committee  The transfer of the Regulatory Cooperation Council back to....

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much. I'll start and then I'll turn to my colleague Mr. Matthews. The reductions in funding are taken over time in the reference levels of departments. They will show up in departmental funds over the three-year period. When we come in for supplementary estimates

Government Operations committee  Yes, please.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm pleased to be here to discuss the supplementary estimates (B) for 2012–13 for the government and for the Treasury Board Secretariat. With me today from the secretariat are Bill Matthews, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management, Sally Thornton, Ex

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, it doesn't.