Government Operations committee  Certainly. If we go back to the point in time when SSC took over the expanded mandate, in September 2015, Public Services and Procurement Canada had a number of standing offers and supply arrangements for departments to avail themselves of microcomputers, printing products, scan

Government Operations committee  Certainly. If you were to look at the supplementary estimates page proofs, you would see that the capital is at $445 million, the operating is $1.3 billion—

Government Operations committee  —and to that we would add just over $400 million in revenue, which would come in on the operating side, altogether bringing it up to $2.3 billion.

Government Operations committee  The $400 million in revenue comprises a couple of factors. On the one hand approximately $160 million is collected as a result of the administrative services review formula. So when SSC was created, some of the reference levels were established by the transfer of appropriations,

Government Operations committee  No, the revenue is covering a cost. In the case of the administrative services review formula, it's complementing our base reference level.

Government Operations committee  When it comes in through supplementary estimates, it's in-year only. It's not costed.

Government Operations committee  Sorry, which component of the supplementary estimates do you mean?

Government Operations committee  There are different components to make up the $4.5 million. In some respects there are transfers between departments, which are mid-year in-year adjustments based on the evolution of plants. In one respect it's with regard to the weather radar project which is $1.6 million. It's

Government Operations committee  Thank you for that question. This is a top-up on the weather renewal project that's taking place. There's already funding in the system, but there was a recognition, at the time of the development of the Treasury Board submission, from a timing perspective, that there would have

Government Operations committee  That's what we're seeing now.

Government Operations committee  I am Alain Duplantie, CFO at Shared Services Canada.

Government Operations committee  Those practices are partially in place at this time. The department has worked carefully at the onset of an expenditure cost management framework. It's one that would take into account a costing centre of expertise within the department—guides and protocols, and pricing strategie

Government Operations committee  Yes, it is about $2 billion altogether.