Government Operations committee  Right now, because it's still in vote 10, a lot of the program design and a lot of the due diligence in precisely where that $90 million will be allocated are still being worked out.

Government Operations committee  Vote 10 is—

Government Operations committee  Vote 10 is a circumstance where there is a significant strategic project or initiative that covers many departments, so it's a horizontal initiative. Until such time as the submission goes through Treasury Board and the allocation is made to various departments, it's captured u

Government Operations committee  I have additional details on the venture and so forth. I'm happy to provide them, but until such time as it's allocated through Treasury Board, it's very hard for me to be able to say precisely where the funds go in which department, because it does cover a few departments.

Government Operations committee  There are many different cost aspects to that. There's a liability component and then there's the direct cost component. In terms of the liability, I think five days were offered. Of those days, it becomes a contingent liability on the books of Canada for three years. After tha

Government Operations committee  That's the thing. Over the period of time—

Government Operations committee  Maybe I could just add to that. When guidance is provided to departments in creating their departmental plans and so forth, on the financial risk side there are certain risks, from a standard deviation standpoint, that are tail risks. It's important to be able—as you're providin

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you to committee members. Good afternoon. I'll be as brief as I can to allow for as much time for questions as possible. Again, thank you for inviting us today to speak about the estimates. The main estimates present financial requirements

Government Operations committee  I think we can come back to the clerk with an answer.

Government Operations committee  I think certain committees are charged with getting answers to certain questions and—

Government Operations committee  Sure.

Government Operations committee  That $3 million is going to a number of departments, particularly in terms of their work in getting ready to implement the legislation that was put in place in December. The next step, of course, is work on the regs.

Government Operations committee  That's something for the submission to Treasury Board that, effectively, will be made by a number of departments. Ultimately it's going toward supporting the development of regs as well as working with bargaining agents with respect to the pay equity plans that would be coming ou

Government Operations committee  Well, again, the submission is to come on that, yes.

Government Operations committee  Effectively, it's going to support the development of regs and so forth. I don't have the object codes in front of me, so I can't—