Government Operations committee  Basically it's to focus on the capital construction and on operation and maintenance of on-reserve water and waste water facilities. Upgrading of infrastructure is done through the contribution agreements with first nations. The focus of this one, though, is really much more on

Government Operations committee  The funds in these supplementary estimates do not.

Government Operations committee  On the IRAP issue, in the Budget 2012 announcement they announced $110 million a year in ongoing new funding to expand the National Research Council's program. They're seeking access to $91 million this year. The program is to provide funding and advisory services to small and me

Government Operations committee  The cuts are taken off the top at one instance, so they are realized. There are internal reallocation efforts going on throughout departments, but no matter what, those cuts are realized.

Government Operations committee  Oddly enough, yes, but perhaps it's not a good reason. It's because the descriptor is “Less: spending authorities available...”, so if you look at the far left of what that number is—

Government Operations committee  Yes, I know. The debate was that if we bracketed it, would it be minus a minus, hence a plus? Then you'd be adding it, so....

Government Operations committee  You're absolutely right, though: everything else that is out of that vote...yes.

Government Operations committee  Specifically, the Wheat Board is going to use the funds to reduce debts and liabilities from their previous operations. Specific examples are settlement of pensions and post-retirement benefit obligations, penalties related to the modification of long-term contracts because of th

Government Operations committee  Yes. Of those, almost 95% are from the strategic and operating review from Budget 2012, but there are still some tails from the previous rounds of strategic reviews flowing through, and also some instances in which organizations have indicated they will not be using the funds, so

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  The threshold for major items is usually $100 million, so anything above $100 million we would put in major items. It's just the number, the dollar value.

Government Operations committee  It is, exactly, and that is why we just introduced the major net changes, the ones on page 13. That's where we look at the vote and the percentage change. That's because a very small-dollar item for a small organization can be 100%. It can represent a big change.

Government Operations committee  Well, it is interesting that you focus on that, because this is a relatively new area that we've introduced as a result of comments from your committee and the Senate committee. What is new in this round this year is that we've included not just the horizontal issues identified w

Government Operations committee  We're just reminding you, because the point you made was that you see a piece here and a piece there, so could we put it together for you.

Government Operations committee  In this specific instance, the moneys that are being reprofiled are being reprofiled because of three jurisdictions: New Brunswick, Yukon, and the City of Toronto. There were simply delays in meeting their reporting requirements. This is to ensure that they have those resources a