Government Operations committee  It's a mixed question for both us and Finance. Alison, do you want me to start?

Government Operations committee  What I can say from our vantage point at Treasury Board.... Again, you have to remember that when we talk about spending authority—the ability to actually spend dollars—a lot of the legislation that has already been passed in Bills C-13, C-14 and C-15 provides for that authority.

Government Operations committee  [Technical difficulty—Editor] revisiting doing that in June.

Government Operations committee  When you say—

Government Operations committee  They remain valid as it pertains to the planning for the year as it pertains to the main estimates. In terms of any updates and so forth through the year, typically those are reported through the departmental results reports.

Government Operations committee  I think the intention is to ensure that departmental plans best reflect plans—

Government Operations committee  —for main estimates, but given the fact that it has been an extraordinary year that we're entering, the departmental results reports that report on this current fiscal year would take into account the extraordinary circumstances as well.

Government Operations committee  In any instance where Treasury Board involvement is required or there are programs or policies pertaining to the spending, Treasury Board, and through TBS, has been involved with respect to ensuring that authorities are in place. There's nothing that's been approved that is proce

Government Operations committee  Well, if you take a step back, there has been an extraordinary amount of measures. When you look at what Canada—

Government Operations committee  Well, it's in different categories. If you look at the Canada emergency response benefit and the Canada emergency wage subsidy, they have self-sustaining pieces of legislation, so as a consequence, a lot of the terms and conditions pertaining to those programs have already been a

Government Operations committee  In terms of overseeing the spending, in terms of consideration—

Government Operations committee  From the comptrollership standpoint, I know the comptroller general has been working closely with departments to ensure that in terms of reporting and how it's being teed up for public accounts—

Government Operations committee  As you know, under—

Government Operations committee  In the context of Governor General special warrants where a motion from March 13 requested it, absolutely.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Chair. Actually, I don't have an opening statement to give. We'd be happy to just go directly to questions by members and to statements by our Finance colleagues.