Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. As Mr. Duclos mentioned, when we reached the agreement with PSAC in October 2020, the clauses were clearly laid out, and PSAC signed the agreement. It is the foundation of everything. The Canada Revenue Agency has ruled on the terms of the agreement

Government Operations committee  Thank you. That's a very good question. As I mentioned, we agreed on the terms and conditions. As for the statement of facts that Mr. Aylward mentioned, if there were to be new terms and conditions added, the agreement would have to be reviewed and accepted by both parties. We

Government Operations committee  Former public service employees who came under the 2019 agreement have already begun to receive their compensation. In the case of former employees or retirees who came under the 2020 agreement, the timeframe for paying the compensation is by the fall of 2021. However, they can a

Government Operations committee  Of course. The increase is indeed 40.4%, and it is explained by two factors. First, there is an increase of $795 million for public service insurance plans. That request was first in the Supplementary Estimates (B), 2020-2021. So this is ongoing. There is also an increase of $7

Government Operations committee  I'll take this one. Thank you for the question. Actually, most of the $3.8 million will be used to support and, as you know, in conjunction with Health Canada, develop the COVID alert application. Also, the money is being used to add new features to the application itself.

Government Operations committee  I believe it would be Ms. Read, Glenn.

Government Operations committee  I can take this question if you don't mind, Glenn. Ms. Vignola, discussions are ongoing with the Canada Revenue Agency, or CRA. In terms of the taxation of damage payments, we must consult with the CRA.

Government Operations committee  No, this one is more of an infrastructure project. It is to make changes to the Bedford Institute of Oceanography sea-water heating. What they are doing is installing a sea-water-source geothermal heat pump system at the Bedford Institute. This will reduce natural gas use and GHG

Government Operations committee  I can't tell you for sure that there is a sense, but definitely we can come back to you with a firmer answer. Through the projects we're doing, however, we're on a good path to reduce our GHG emissions by a large number of kilotons.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. The government is doing many projects with a number of government departments to reduce its GHG emissions. Two good examples in these estimates are projects that we're doing with Health Canada and Fisheries and Oceans. First of all, with

Government Operations committee  To date, we have 1,021 people who have put their claims forward. The average amount is about $53,000 per claim.

Government Operations committee  No, we don't expect any additional funding for this settlement at this point. Thank you.

Government Operations committee  No, there are no cut-off dates for future claims. It's been left open in terms of putting forward claims from former RCMP members.

Government Operations committee  I can answer this question, Minister. I'd like to thank the MP for her question. In short, it's a question of dates. When the main estimates were being prepared, these items had not yet been approved. The collective agreements had been neither signed nor negotiated. So the reas

Government Operations committee  My short answer is no because that funding covers only one year. Since the work will have to continue over the next few years, we will probably request additional funding.