Government Operations committee  That's right. They're included in the supplementary estimates.

Government Operations committee  That's right. In “The Cuts Behind the Curtain”, I argue that there have been three waves of cutbacks or evaluations of programs: the 2007 through 2010 strategic review, the 2010 operating budget freeze, and the 2011 strategic and operating review, which is the $4 billion to $8 b

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the invitation today. I hope I can make a dry topic like estimates somewhat more interesting at three o'clock in the afternoon. I will make a brief presentation and some recommendations for your consideration. I will open the floor, as you suggest, Mr. M

National Defence committee  I think your submission to the alternative federal budget this year was a goal of approximately $15 billion.

National Defence committee  That's right.

National Defence committee  Expenditures for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, looked at as a proxy for diplomacy, have increased less rapidly than expenditures for the Department of National Defence. As everyone knows, the aid budget is now frozen at $5 billion a year. I don't have

National Defence committee  Thank you, Steve. Thank you for inviting me today. In the report The Cost of 9/11, which came out in September of last year, I looked at the growing costs not only of defence spending but also of other security programs and public safety programs since 9/11. Some of those prog