Justice committee  We recently appeared before the public accounts committee along with the department and the tribunal to address the report of the Auditor General and its findings. What I can say is that even since the Auditor General's study concluded, which was back in May 2015, there has been

Justice committee  They will address the issue of funding for this fiscal year for the specific claims tribunal, at a level similar to or the same as before. Now, in relation to judicial appointments for that tribunal, the ATSSC is not directly involved in the judicial appointment process or in a

Justice committee  In relation to the funding decrease for the Administrative Tribunal Support Service of Canada, or ATSSC as we call it for short, there is a decrease in funding that is related to sunsetting of funds for the specific claims tribunal. However, the supplementary estimates (A) were

Public Accounts committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the committee for allowing me to be here today. As Mr. Chair has indicated, with me is Monsieur Raynald Chartrand, who is the executive director for the secretariat that supports the Social Security Tribunal. I'd like to begin by de

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  As I referred to in my earlier remarks, it's important to note that the estimates before you today are for $60.9 million, and I indicated that $17.7 million were out of a vote-netted authority. The vote-netted authority funds are the ones that are dedicated to the Social Security

Justice committee  We'll always take more money.

Justice committee  Good afternoon. Thank you, Mr. Chair, for this opportunity to appear before the committee. My remarks will be slightly longer but not too much, I promise. As you are aware, the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada, or the ATSSC, was established on November 1, 2014

Justice committee  If that were the case, Christmas presents would be very modest.

Justice committee  You have understood correctly, Ms. Boivin. Under our enabling legislation, transitional provisions have been set out to give us access to the appropriate budget in various tribunals. That is how we got our funding for this fiscal year. The purpose of the $1 is to have us listed a

Justice committee  It is coming along very well. I have to recognize the work done by the transition team over the last six or eight months. When I arrived a few weeks ago, I was able to see that a huge amount of work had been done in preparation for the start of operations, which happened on Novem