Government Operations committee  Ms. Harder, it would give me great pleasure to go back to get the information that you're seeking on this. We will go back and get context on that $43 million.

Government Operations committee  There is no intention to impose upon the committee what we think is useful. We are here to serve the committee and to provide all the information that you're seeking.

Government Operations committee  I don't know specifically what that $2 million was spent on by PCO.

Government Operations committee  It's not for me to speculate on the direction of the $2 million, but I will certainly get back to you on what it went towards.

Government Operations committee  Yes, we will get back with all of this disaggregated information. We're absolutely committed to providing that transparency to the committee.

Government Operations committee  At that point, it was very important, given the fact we were not set up as a system to actively track authorities or collect expenditure information based on an event, that the intention was to get the system as a whole moving in that direction and thinking about collecting this

Government Operations committee  I don't have that information. I think the Department of Finance would be best placed to answer that question.

Government Operations committee  When you think about it in framing that you put it—health and safety, direct supports, and then there's the capital and the liquidity supports—we really focus on chapters 1 and 2 of the fall economic statement. Those are measures that effectively have received funding through the

Government Operations committee  No, it wouldn't. It would be separate and distinct. It would probably be on the liquidity side. The Department of Finance is the one that would be best placed to answer those questions, because they would be tracking on the liquidity side.

Government Operations committee  [Inaudible—Editor] expenditure. If it's liquidity support, that would be separate and distinct from our realm, which is items that run through the estimates. The Bank of Canada is not an appropriation-based organization.

Government Operations committee  There are some budgetary measures for CMHC, for instance, that fall within...on the appropriation basis, but if it's something like mortgage bond program, that's [Technical difficulty—Editor] on a borrowing basis, and there's a liquidity element to it, and that's separate and dis

Government Operations committee  When I said useful to Parliament, our intention is always that whatever we provide [Technical difficulty—Editor] in this—

Government Operations committee  It would be you that would determine that on the basis of your perspective, and—

Government Operations committee  We provided the report on March 17 from new aggregate data that we've collected to date.

Government Operations committee  We've never said no in responding to requests from parliamentarians for data—