Finance committee  We're starting to frame rules of thumb like that, but I have nothing at my fingertips right now.

Finance committee  If we can sell more products and avail more receipts from the sale of our commodities, then sure, it brings more income into the economy.

Finance committee  That's the logic.

Finance committee  Correct.

Finance committee  Correct.

Finance committee  Both expense and revenue to some extent, yes.

Finance committee  As part of my job, we're looking at both the monthly income statement and the ultimate annual projection. But yes, we plan on both those bases: our cash requirements on a monthly basis and our ultimate budgetary surplus or deficit on an annual basis.

Finance committee  Correct. GDP inflation is a construct of both domestic inflation measured by consumer price index and your terms of trade, so WTI and other commodity indicators. Ultimately, we take an average of what the private sector tells us for GDP inflation.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. In the previous budget, the previous government had booked a certain amount of savings related to intentions to implement a short-term disability plan. From an accounting perspective, we hold the liability on our balance sheets, which reflects the net

Finance committee  The previous government had given themselves the legislative authority to implement this system. The previous government never did exercise the authority, but in anticipation that they would exercise the authority, the savings were booked. Hopefully that's clear. There was never

Finance committee  The “Fiscal Monitor” is a monthly statement of operations. It effectively shows our income statement on a monthly basis. The real purpose for us is two things. It shows the budgetary surplus or deficit in any one month, and it also sets our ultimate cash requirements. It's the in

Finance committee  Not an account per se, but yes—

Finance committee  Yes, there's a cumulative surplus of $3.2 billion year to date December.

Finance committee  In 2015 in general we had two quarters of negative growth at the beginning of the year, driven almost entirely by a decline in investment in the energy sector. We bounced back in the third quarter and now we're anticipating our fourth quarter results at the beginning of March. Bu

Finance committee  We don't have too many months of data just yet, but last week's data was very interesting because Statistics Canada also released consumer price inflation as well, which showed that prices are going up, so it's weighing on Canadian retailers. If you have a fixed budget, you can o