National Defence committee  I'll get Bill to elaborate, but the fall economic update provided just accounting changes and adjustments. The accrual position changed a bit but the cash didn't, and we are receiving more money. There were no cuts to the department in the economic update. In the tabling of suppl

National Defence committee  There is money afforded to peace support operations. The details of the operations are still under discussion, but money is being budgeted for peace support ops when the decision is made.

National Defence committee  Should we begin a mission in this year, yes, there is.

National Defence committee  Thank you.

National Defence committee  I'm going to have to disagree a little bit with the premise. I don't see it as a shell game at all.

National Defence committee  Yes. NATO has a standard of what you can include and what you cannot include.

National Defence committee  We weren't using it all. I came from Coast Guard, as we all know. Some of what Coast Guard did to support the Department of National Defence or does jointly with the Department of National Defence was included, but not all of it, so I asked questions that hadn't previously been a

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  No, it is not.

National Defence committee  Other countries do include that. We have a study—

National Defence committee  It's not very much. I'm not sure if Gord knows. I don't know the exact number. We'll certainly get that for you. We have a complete breakdown of that 1.4%—what's in, what's out, and what percentage it all is—and we'll be happy to give it to you.

National Defence committee  If I could add something about the sexual misconduct reporting centre, it's now running 24-7 and is responding to calls from military serving members, civilian members on bases, victims, and people who have been accused. It's fulfilling a huge gap, obviously, in information and a

National Defence committee  It's something we're very happy to speak about, and I'll ask Mr. Venner to jump in. He's going to be responsible for this area. As part of the defence policy, we have a program that we're hoping to launch shortly, called IDEaS. It's about innovation in science and tech. Perha

National Defence committee  —and then we also have the defence engagement program that Mr. Venner can talk to.

National Defence committee  We're using analytics, the analytic system I spoke about, to measure achievement in terms of the successful implementation of each initiative. Everything is important, but some things, though, are further down the road. We're aligning implementation with the money coming in, and