Government Operations committee  There are no incremental resources required for that specific objective, although we are adding some capacity to that secretariat and that may be deployed over time to different functions, different needs. The Privy Council Office has a sustained relationship with all of the di

Government Operations committee  It's an addition of, roughly, six full-time equivalents. This is so we can be somewhat more nimble in addressing new threats related to cybersecurity or in the domain of counterterrorism. In other domains, not only in Canada but internationally, there is greater focus and greater

Government Operations committee  I'm happy to share the table with you. Democratic reform is about $1 million to support the Minister of Democratic Institutions, again within PCO to support the exercise, the outreach, and so forth of the Minister of Democratic Institutions.

Government Operations committee  I think there are a couple of things. First, non-partisanship and holding to the values of the public service is first and foremost an individual responsibility of every public servant. It is the responsibility of every executive to uphold it in their organization, of every depu

Government Operations committee  The monies requested in these estimates really cover the internal capacity in the Privy Council Office to support the minister and to support the cabinet committee on open and transparent government in Parliament. It is to support the overall initiative, and that does include the

Government Operations committee  I'd be pleased to. Let's take a few examples. The Prime Minister is not only the Prime Minister; he's also Minister for Youth and Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs. As Minister for Youth, he has also asked for the establishment of the youth council. He has asked for the dev

Government Operations committee  Yes, it's $12.3 million because one adds $1.3 million, which is a statutory item that is automatically added. Kami, EBP stands for...?

Government Operations committee  Let me just see here.

Government Operations committee  I mentioned some of the items, but, for example, the most significant item is the new results and delivery unit, which represents $3.3 million. That's about 15 people.

Government Operations committee  The vast majority is actual people in the Privy Council Office. It's roughly 15 people for the purpose of essentially driving a results and delivery approach throughout government. For example, I mentioned intergovernmental affairs. That's $1.4 million additional, representing a

Government Operations committee  No. There are different levels. I think we had one or two additional executives, and two or three additional analyst-level individuals. That is to support a greater activity in regard to first ministers' meetings, as I mentioned earlier, and also a stronger role exercised by the

Government Operations committee  We already had some individuals in intergovernmental affairs. I think there were already 27 people, supplemented by five, to reflect this heightened level of activity, greater emphasis on the relationship with provinces and territories, and also with municipalities, and also with

Government Operations committee  I appreciate the question and I appreciate the challenge in reconciling all these numbers many times. Even the officials sometimes will require a bit of a briefing to get it right. First, to clarify the $10.8 million versus $12.3 million, most of that difference includes the ben

Government Operations committee  It's a hazard sometimes at PCO. PCO did ask for $49 million in budget 2016, which was accorded, and $23.9 million came through supplementary estimates (A), which provided for a large portion of those additional resources related to IT modernization in particular and to e-cabinet

Government Operations committee  That's correct.