Government Operations committee  This again goes back to Parliament approving money on an annual basis. We have talked about reprofiles here, where a department says, “You know what? We initially thought we would spend that money in this year, but we're not going to.” DND will be resourced for their expenditures

Government Operations committee  Yes, the same project. It's been a keen area of interest for this committee in the past. If you look to the introductory section of the estimates, you will see the list of all the horizontal items and also an indication of whether it has received money before. The first nations

Government Operations committee  There are two parts to the question. Is there money in here related to the shipbuilding project on the east coast with Irving? My understanding is that the answer is no. Where is that project at? My understanding is that they are continuing to nail down the best design before t

Government Operations committee  From a parliamentary perspective, Parks Canada gets a bucket of funds that they can distribute across various projects. In putting together their request, Parks Canada looks at their current infrastructure, which items are in need of repair, and also what they think they can acco

Government Operations committee  This is additional funding for this.

Government Operations committee  I don't recall what was the firm involved. That's a better question for National Defence to answer because I'm not too close to that process.

Government Operations committee  Is this a question about an independent third party in terms of the review that was done for the F-35 and you're curious about the amount of the contract? I just want to make sure I have the question correct. Is it the name of the firm and the amount of the value of the contract?

Government Operations committee  I can certainly find out the value of the contract and the name of the firm. The actual questions around why they were chosen I think are probably better answered by DND, but I'll get the first two for sure.

Government Operations committee  My understanding is that the arrangement with the government is that if they eliminate taxes on capital, they receive compensation from the federal government. My understanding is that if they just reduce, there is nothing in play. It's eliminate. The amounts you're seeing here a

Government Operations committee  Have they already received? Yes.

Government Operations committee  This is directly related to how estimates work. When we get the main estimates, which is how we start the year, any department that is going to spend money, which is all departments, would be on that list. As the year goes on, if departments get Treasury Board approval to spend n

Government Operations committee  —previously, I believe—

Government Operations committee  The amount ratified by the courts was exactly what had been agreed upon by the parties. So it was an exact amount.

Government Operations committee  There are many items before the courts. Actually, a very popular thing to do is to sue the government. Am I aware of any, at this moment, that will be coming back to you in supplementary estimates (C)? No, I'm not. That being said, there are many lawsuits in play. One thing I w

Government Operations committee  It's normal if we have to change the vote wording of something or add a new vote, things like that, but there's no actual money required. We can't put zero dollars. It's in the rules of the estimates that to basically make it into the appropriation act, we need a one dollar amoun