Citizenship and Immigration committee  It breaks down as follows: about $3.2 million of the $4.6 million will relate to processing-related activities, that's application processing; $800,000 is for for operational support; and $500,000 is for corporate support.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It wasn't necessarily a question of awareness. I think what we were looking at internally within the department is.... As costs progressed over the course of the year into the summer and into the fall, there was an outstanding question as to whether or not the department could

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can't recall.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The Canada-Quebec accord is a formula-based calculation. The information—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You'll see that in the main estimates.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, it's a separate stream of funding, so it's not a reduction to other settlement services. It's a stand-alone program that's formula-based.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The amounts in question are outstanding loans that are already on the balance sheet of the government. These are amounts that have progressed through a certain number of collection processes and for which the department would not view it to be administratively efficient or financ

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The writeoff process sometimes accumulates balances, and at certain intervals we come to seek that writeoff. It's a bit of an administrative process whereby those steps need to be undertaken first, at which point we come to the committee to seek formal approval.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The average processing cost for a privately sponsored refugee is $2,600 approximately, on a per unit basis.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That would be a combination of a number of different initiatives included in the supplementary estimates (C), so it would include the Yazidi initiative. It would also include funding for the irregular migration.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It would be $10.4 million, included in that $13 million.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The remainder of $3 million approximately is related to the Yazidi initiative.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right, that's in vote 10c.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There would not be any money in vote 10c related to irregular border crossing.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is a $4-million transfer to the Department of Justice included in the supplementary estimates (C) to supplement its programs and its funding for legal aid systems in three different provinces—British Columbia, Ontario, and Manitoba. That's in the supplementary estimates (C)