Government Operations committee  These are defined benefit plans that have had some adjustments much like the other plans to change the cost-sharing ratios, but they're still defined benefit plans.

Government Operations committee  Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated has responsibility for numerous pieces of infrastructure. I can speak to their overall budget. As for the actual breakdown of what gets spent on which piece of infrastructure, those questions would be better posed to that organiz

Government Operations committee  I can tell you that the total amount is $253.6 million in the supplementary (A)s, but it's for that corporation and I can't give you details about how much will be spent on each one. Unfortunately, we don't have that. Those are their pieces of infrastructure, and they do maintena

Government Operations committee  To the best of my knowledge those isotopes are indeed sold. The $195 million is not just for the isotopes production. It does relate to that, but it also relates to the ongoing work to remediate the assets at Chalk River Laboratories. So the isotopes production is one piece, but

Government Operations committee  I believe they do sell them. I just can't speak to what the dollar values are.

Government Operations committee  We do. The $195 million is related to current year activity only. If you looked in the Public Accounts of Canada—I'm going to use the March 31, 2013 numbers—you'd see liabilities related to environmental liabilities for contaminated sites, as well as what we call “asset restorati

Government Operations committee  The way government expenditure management actually works—and you're right that these are very complex projects—there are preliminary estimates based on plans, and then as plans firm up, you will actually be able to nail down, to a much greater extent, the costs. At this stage, t

Government Operations committee  Is there a page reference?

Government Operations committee  I'll have Marcia correct me if I'm wrong, but there are really two components there, the national infrastructure piece as well as the provincial-territorial piece. That is a fund in which there are two elements, as I mentioned, the national piece as well as the provincial-territo

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. There are two items about the Champlain Bridge in supplementary estimates (A). There are funds for the ongoing maintenance, but I believe your question relates to the replacement of the bridge. As to what is the best choice for a new bridge, you'd

Government Operations committee  Public-private partnerships are not about not costing the government money; they're about sharing the risk. So if you do look, it is indeed a public-private—

Government Operations committee  If you actually speak to various.... British Columbia has far more experience in public-private partnerships than most provinces. That's the debate around public-private partnerships. Yes, you're contracting out the risk. What's the cost? So PPP Canada has their sixth round of co

Government Operations committee  Well, there are a couple of pieces here. Mr. Chair, SNC-Lavalin took over the CANDU reactor business. So that piece is gone, but there remain the facilities at Chalk River and the ongoing medical isotope production work that AECL is still performing. The operating budget that t

Government Operations committee  As far as I know, it is. So that's to continue that work. The other piece there is that the facilities at Chalk River themselves are still in need of some upgrades to meet standards, so that work is continuing. So that's the piece directly related to AECL.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. I can say the trend we've been seeing the last couple of years is to have an increase in statutory amounts, for the reasons I mentioned around the health transfer as well as programs for the elderly, and to have decreases in voted amounts. It's too ea