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Government Operations committee Exactly. And there are other savings as well, but that's the most significant.
March 14th, 2012Committee meeting
Christine Walker
November 24th, 2011Committee meeting
Christine Walker
Government Operations committee The pay direct card was supposed to be introduced on April 1, 2011, and it was moved up and introduced on November 1, 2010. In our original estimates, we did not anticipate that the pay direct card would be in place as early as November. So that's one thing. The second thing is,
March 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Christine Walker
Government Operations committee That's one of the reasons, yes.
March 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Christine Walker
March 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Christine Walker
Government Operations committee It might be under Treasury Board; it might be under Public Works.
November 25th, 2010Committee meeting
Christine Walker
Government Operations committee I don't have the list of which ministers' regional offices would be refurbished under this $2.5 million. My understanding is that the $2.5 million was to enhance the security for all the regional offices. We can provide that information.
November 25th, 2010Committee meeting
Christine Walker
Government Operations committee A total of about $1.5 million, and what's included in that are increased spending as a result of approved programs for classification, cyber security, and the public service readiness plan, less the cost containment measures of $2.2 million, and there are some small transfers the
November 25th, 2010Committee meeting
Christine Walker
Government Operations committee No, I'm sorry.
November 25th, 2010Committee meeting
Christine Walker
Government Operations committee No, I'm not available to provide that information.
November 25th, 2010Committee meeting
Christine Walker
Government Operations committee I apologize. I can't provide that information. I don't have that information for you.
November 25th, 2010Committee meeting
Christine Walker
Government Operations committee That is the $137 million, which is to fund departments and agencies for the costs related to the signing of collective agreements, and these are retroactive adjustments that are prior to April 1, 2010.
November 25th, 2010Committee meeting
Christine Walker
Government Operations committee Yes. What the carry-forward budget allows you to do is carry forward 5% of basically your main estimate from the previous year. That goes into the department. That can be spent by each department for the initiatives they have planned for that year. At this point in time I don't
November 25th, 2010Committee meeting
Christine Walker
Government Operations committee I'll be relatively quick. As chief financial officer, we have to sign off a statement of internal controls that we have on the internal controls in place to be able to ensure the stewardship of funds. So the last thing we want to see with any cost containment measure is the deg
November 25th, 2010Committee meeting
Christine Walker
Government Operations committee That's vote 20. It's a different vote. So the benefits we pay—for instance, the dental plan, the public health care plan, the pension benefits—actually come out of vote 20.
November 25th, 2010Committee meeting
Christine Walker