Public Accounts committee  We agree with the recommendations of the audit, and we are taking steps to improve the quality of the advice we provide to departments. Through the course of the year, we engage in a range of outreach activities with them. We issue best practices. We talk to them in one-to-one me

Public Accounts committee  I think I'll let my colleague from the Department of Finance address that.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. Treasury Board, in consultation with our central agency colleagues, investigated the possibility of seeking both policy and Treasury Board approvals roughly at the same time to expedite the approval process. We took a risk-based approach and speeded up our approva

Public Accounts committee  We were happy with the results. Again, it was confirmed in the audit of the Auditor General that the appropriate measures had been taken. While it was onerous for the people working in the central agencies to do that, we felt it was successful.

Public Accounts committee  David Enns, from Treasury Board Secretariat. I am here with A.J. Preece.

Government Operations committee  I can do that.

Government Operations committee  I have that information now, if you'd like. There are five broad categories, the first being isotope production, and that's $16 million. That includes funding for the isotope supply reliability program as well as some upgrades required to relicense the reactor, the NRU reactor t

Government Operations committee  That was $7 million, and there was another $16 million for operational infrastructure upgrades to the laboratories at Chalk River. These are primarily related to health and safety security issues for people working there—sewage, upgrades to fire safety, those kinds of things. T

Government Operations committee  That's a question I don't have the answer to. I think you'd need to talk to AECL about that.

Government Operations committee  No. Those are payments made to the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador under the authority of the accord. It's compensating the province for lower equalization payments due to fluctuation from all the revenues. It has nothing to do with asbestos.

Government Operations committee  I'll tell you what the $175 million is for. There are five broad categories of funding that are being provided through the supplementary estimates. One is for isotope production. That's to ensure the requirements for the re-licensing of the NRU. The second item is the shutdown of

Government Operations committee  Yes, I'll try to answer that for you. There are a couple of specific programs that funding is being provided for in the areas of maternal, newborn, and child health. They've organized these programs along three themes, if you will. One is strengthening health systems to improve

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Those are pre-payments by Air Canada and General Motors to the Canada account.

Government Operations committee  No.