Government Operations committee  We used exactly that. Where there were variances or changes in a program, we tried to explain them to the best of our ability in the report on plans and priorities so that it would be easy for the readers to understand. It is new, and putting it in English—we're all accountants

Government Operations committee  The litigation management unit was established for charter challenges. There are 27 collective agreements and 18 bargaining units. One of the reasons for establishing that unit was to have continuity for litigators—but those are specifically for charter challenges.

Government Operations committee  First of all, in our program activity architecture, in fact, the central votes are aligned in a different spot. They are not part of the people management. What you see in the main estimates is this. At the start of the year, vote 15 is zero because it is a flow-through account a

Government Operations committee  What would happen if there were any changes in collective agreements is it basically would affect in the Treasury Board, to use that as an example, the individuals who are working for each one of those program activity areas. If we had, in this case for instance, nurses working i

Government Operations committee  Vote 15 is part of....

Government Operations committee  What's important is that what it really refers to in section 83 of the Financial Administration Act is that the terms and conditions of the employment are paid to each one of the departments from vote 15.

Government Operations committee  These are not adjustments for pay grades. These are not salary adjustments or compensation for inflation. These are really two things. They're for what they call transitional allowances and terminable allowances. They're very specific items. Terminable allowances are usually on

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  It's really important to note that this community was established in the year 2000, so it has not just been established recently.

Government Operations committee  These would be non-EX positions. These are managers in the public service. It really is to hold workshops and training sessions. As I said, I believe last year there were over 12,000 workshops and training sessions held for the National Managers' Community.

Government Operations committee  Vote 15 is a central vote. It's one of the Treasury Board's central votes. What happens in vote 15 is that it's almost like a flow-through account. What would happen is there would be, for example, a collective agreement signed. Money would go into vote 15, which would basicall

Government Operations committee  It's the National Managers' Community. The National Managers' Community is a grassroots community. It's meant for the managers within the public service who are managing people and managing funds. It is a voluntary network. They subscribe to the network. It is present in 14 regio

Government Operations committee  I apologize, I didn't hear the end of that sentence. I do not know if they have, but I can certainly get back to you.

Government Operations committee  No, this program has been going on since the year 2000. To date, 36 departments have already transferred funds to the Treasury Board, either through the main estimates or supplementary estimates. The total transfer amount on an annual basis is about $2.7 million. Industry has jus

Government Operations committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair. I'm going to talk a little bit about the supplementary estimates (C) for the Treasury Board Secretariat as a department. There are only two items in supplementary estimates (C). The first one is a very small item for $75,000, and it's a transfer from I