Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  Can I just say that I appreciate it, and we'll be happy to provide that? We share the same goal on accountability. I'm happy to come here and be accountable. I am responsible for the whole department and stuff that's gone on before me. We share the same goal. I don't want to be

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair.

National Defence committee  Yes. There was $26 million this fiscal year just for recruitment. It was in the main estimates, so it was in the budget of the department. That's why there's no supplemental ask for it. Certainly, the chief has put down a very firm target about the 1% increase per year over the n

National Defence committee  Contaminated sites is a government-wide program, so the Treasury Board Secretariat manages a large reserve to fund contaminated sites. They assess priorities according to criteria across all departments. In the supplementary estimates we are looking for money to continue to do th

National Defence committee  Maybe I'll ask Jaime Pitfield, our ADM on infrastructure, in terms of particularly even Shannon lands, how that transferred and what responsibility we retain on what gets done.

National Defence committee  Sure. In this past budget, the government announced about $3.4 billion for a lot of federally owned infrastructure and DND will receive about $200 million of that over this year and next. This year's portion will be about $30 million for defence projects and about $170 million ne

National Defence committee  The granting councils under the Ministry of Industry, Science and Economic Development run programs that fund chairs in universities right across the country, so it will be an application process. They'll choose the best chairs and provide funding to a university to have a very e

National Defence committee  It's coming in, so they are a recipient, like every other—

National Defence committee  They would have to apply. They are going to compete against all universities in the country.

National Defence committee  Sure. Shared Services provides, as you know, the computer infrastructure for the whole government. When we put people in missions abroad, our defence attachés, for example, Shared Services has to provide the computer, the hookups, and the technology for that person. They get to

National Defence committee  No.

National Defence committee  Which transfer are you referring to, specifically?

National Defence committee  I can speak to that.

National Defence committee  Yes, there's $192,000 this year. None of that, as far as I know, is related to the CF-18s. We will give it to NSERC to transfer to universities or others to do grants in areas of interest and priority to us.