Government Operations committee  I don't have the answer to what's going to happen with those assets. I think, if we step back and look at our experience here at Treasury Board, there's been a real effort to use existing equipment here and to bring that back. I would imagine it would be brought back into use.

Government Operations committee  We have been working very actively with departments with our polices and our guidelines to ensure that the COVID response is being addressed—

Government Operations committee  —as expeditiously as possible. I'm not an expert with respect to my role as it pertains to contracting guidelines....

Government Operations committee  We have teams that have particular oversight with respect to procurement and transfer payment guidelines and policies that work through these matters. Again, guidelines effectively are set out, and departments have a lot of responsibility to ensure that they are meeting these gui

Government Operations committee  Yes, certainly. I'm very happy to answer that question. The Department of Indigenous Services used to be amalgamated with the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, what we call CIRNA. In the separation and the creation of the new department, the departm

Government Operations committee  Sandra, are you available for that question?

Government Operations committee  I think— Is there an issue with my microphone?

Government Operations committee  Ms. Vignola, thank you. I will take this question. You're absolutely correct. My short answer is that the events of the pandemic did effectively supersede that work and so there's no report forthcoming on that front. The pandemic has effectively been the focus of the government,

Government Operations committee  I think for the time being the focus has been on the response to the pandemic. We would effectively be updating this departmental plan in this fiscal year through the departmental results report and would proceed on that basis.

Government Operations committee  That is a combination of new funding and reprofiled funding in that amount.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Green. It's a great question. You're correct. Every year there is a certain amount that's been identified in terms of receiving payment authority from Parliament to settle specific claims of multiple types. In this supplementary estimates (B), for example, we ha

Government Operations committee  I have a line of sight of when they actually need the funding to be able to make payments. In terms of what the contingent liability is and so forth, I don't have that line of sight. We can—

Government Operations committee  We can check with those responsible and get back to the committee, for sure. Just to answer your question, sometimes we have to move money between fiscal years because the payment can't be made in that fiscal year. Sometimes what we do is to call it a “reprofile” and we move th

Government Operations committee  This is the $50 million for the Privy Council Office for the funding of communications and marketing. Is that correct?

Government Operations committee  Okay. Again, really it's funding for a whole-of-government communication and marketing response, which I believe is probably consistent with what my PCO colleagues mentioned, in four key areas: public health information, financial support for individuals, financial support for b