Government Operations committee  Thank you.

Government Operations committee  I'll probably ask my colleague Janet King to elaborate, but this was money that was announced in the federal budget. It's a horizontal initiative, and this was the mechanism to bring the money into the department. Janet, would you like to expand on that?

Government Operations committee  No, sorry, that's the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada—

Government Operations committee  The transfers that are listed in the supplementary estimates are, for the most part, transfers that are coming into aboriginal affairs. With respect to the one from health, the $1.6 million, the department has entered into a service agreement, on behalf of Health Canada—

Government Operations committee  In the case of CanNor, for example, the minister had responsibility for CanNor up until a date in May, at which point responsibility was transferred to Health Canada. There was an accounting done, and that's reflected in the estimates. With respect to transfers in general, depar

Government Operations committee  I don't have that level of detail here, but certainly, if the committee is interested, I can bring back detail.

Government Operations committee  I can get back to the committee with some more detailed information if you prefer.

Government Operations committee  The only comment I would make is that we have departmental officials actually on the ground now. They're working with the community to try to sort things out. I don't have a comment beyond that, though, at this point.

Government Operations committee  I didn't bring any of the socio-economic statistics with me today. I don't know if my colleagues would care to comment.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  In response to whether it includes everything—housing, infrastructure, education, and administration—yes.

Government Operations committee  What we're anticipating with respect to the Financial Transparency Act is additional transparency from first nations to their communities. Currently, in the context of our transfer payments, first nations already report to our department in the context of their financial outcomes

Government Operations committee  The President of the Treasury Board tables three supplementary estimates, usually in the late spring, late fall, and early spring—

Government Operations committee  —to obtain authority.

Government Operations committee  To cut to it, timing is the reason why supplementary estimates are utilized by the department to revise its spending levels. Input into the main estimates is really required in the fall. However, new funded initiatives that could support, for example, the federal budget emerge in