Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. To be clear, that $2.5 billion, which was originally in our statutory forecast, has migrated over to be on a voted basis, and the total amount that we're looking at is about $9.2 billion. Of that $9.2 billion, about $8 billion is for bilateral purcha

Government Operations committee  It's advance purchase agreements. As the vaccines come in and the payments go out, it's to ensure that the payments are fulfilled. In terms of details about specifically the seven you're talking about and the breakdown of that $8 billion, that's a question that the Public Health

Government Operations committee  My understanding is that funds to deal with supplementary vaccinations have been transferred to Global Affairs Canada for their programming. I believe that the $8 billion is to cover all of the vaccines. Having said that, I think the Public Health Agency of Canada would be able

Government Operations committee  Ms. Cahill will be pleased to answer that question.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, that's perfectly fine. We can go right into questioning. Just to give everyone a sense of who we all are, we cover many different parts of Treasury Board Secretariat. I cover expenditure management. Ms. Cahill is the CFO. Roger Ermuth covers the comptroller general's

Government Operations committee  It's effectively been identified as an allocation, and they can draw from it. They have not drawn from it, though.

Government Operations committee  I'll turn this over to Karen Cahill, who would be the best person to answer this question, Mr. Green.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Green, the most recent information I have is as of June 2020, there were 131 claims under assessment and 338 in negotiations.

Government Operations committee  With respect to the forecast for expenditures and the fiscal year in which they're going to be paid, that really comes from that department. That department will step back and say that these are the claims it expects to make and the payments in this year versus next year. Often,

Government Operations committee  I don't have a line of sight on that.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  These are transfers, effectively, to the province. I do know that these are amounts that would go to the Province of Alberta. In this case, I believe in Saskatchewan the amounts have already gone. I think it's the ones for Alberta—

Government Operations committee  I don't have the line of sight on that in particular. I just know that this is effectively a transfer to the Province of Alberta.

Government Operations committee  I think this is based on need and the amounts they've quantified as needing to be spent to deal with these orphan wells. Again—

Government Operations committee  I don't have an answer to that in particular because I'm not responsible for that—