Environment committee  Perhaps I'd clarify my first response to say that in fact the funding to the agency has been in two stages. We received the additional funds in the current fiscal year, and we have hired additional staff. Recognizing that future appropriations have not yet been approved, we make

Environment committee  As I said, not all employees are necessarily brought in on an indeterminate basis. Often we have deployments between departments of the Government of Canada. Also, there is a natural turnover of personnel as people move to new or different or more challenging responsibilities in

Environment committee  Thank you, Chair, I'll take the question. With regard to the funds allocated to the agency and how we will continue to live within our appropriation, we have many flexibilities in how we prepare to implement legislation that is still in front of the parliamentary process. We have

Environment committee  Thanks very much, Mr. Chair. As I was saying, I'm joined by my colleague Christine Loth-Bown, Vice-President of External Relations and Strategic Policy. We're here to discuss the 2018-19 supplementary estimates (B) and the 2019-20 interim estimates for the Canadian Environmental

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm Alan Kerr, Vice-President of Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer. I'm joined by my colleague—

Environment committee  Yes. That's correct.

Environment committee  Could I just expand on Carol's comments? For the Environmental Assessment Agency, the funding proposed to be provided to the agency under supplementary estimates is really to help build the agency to prepare for the expanded mandate under Bill C-69, which will allow us to be pr

Environment committee  The agency will bring in about 100 full-time equivalents in this fiscal year. That will grow by approximately 100 more in the next fiscal year. We'll see the growth of the agency by about 200 employees, which would bring us to an overall agency strength of about 450 employees.

Environment committee  Sure. We are quite a small agency, so most of our workforce is centred here in the nation's capital, but we do have regional offices. We have regional offices in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Quebec City and Halifax, and we recently opened a satellite regional office of the Atla

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the standing committee. I'm Alan Kerr, vice-president, corporate services and chief financial officer, and I'm joined by my colleague Christine Loth-Bown, vice-president, external relations and strategic policy, to discuss the 2018-19 supplemen