Government Operations committee  It's being sought by the Treasury Board, and it will be allocated by the Treasury Board to departments.

Government Operations committee  I'll search and see whether I have that readily available. I can tell you that the books are not closed for last fiscal year, but in general the costs would be about $1 million a year for the support we provide.

Government Operations committee  It's $1 million, plus or minus, per year. The first year was a shortened year, so it would be prorated, but that's generally what the costs are. It's within my team. We provide accommodation support, finance support, HR, IT, and information management, which is obviously quite im

Government Operations committee  The budget indicates $6 million, with the majority being in 2019.

Government Operations committee  Yes, it's $1 million for 2018-19, and then $5 million for the following year.

Government Operations committee  It's a best estimate of what the work will cost in this fiscal year, knowing that the actual methodology of what they're going to do is still being designed. The intent is that there will be a new process to ensure that federal leaders' debates are organized in the public interes

Government Operations committee  The budgetary ask was not done through me. It was through the office that supports that minister, so I can't comment on the exact timing of when they put that together.

Government Operations committee  The $1 million is in the PCO budget. Following the budget announcement, it is the best estimate of what they need, based on what they knew at the time. They have not yet announced exactly what—

Government Operations committee  I was not personally involved in the $1 million.

Government Operations committee  PCO bureaucrats would have been involved, those who support the minister.

Government Operations committee  I don't have that information.

Government Operations committee  I can. I can say that it would have been part of the budget process. There is a call-out done by the Department of Finance for budget items. As part of that process, PCO would have fed into that and provided a request with a rationale of what it wants to do.

Government Operations committee  I'm saying that it came from PCO, in support of the Minister of Democratic Institutions. I can't speak to the $1 million as I was not part of that calculation.

Government Operations committee  They would not be able to speak to it as it is not approved yet. Therefore, we don't have a plan as to the exact way the money will be spent. Until they come up with the exact plan for this initiative, the line item.... I recall that last time you asked some questions about profe

Government Operations committee  We would still need to go to the Treasury Board for a submission. What the Treasury Board has sought is a central vote. That allows us not to wait for future supplementary estimates to be able to do the work. As soon as we have that approval, we can actually implement the initiat