Government Operations committee  —within their vote to be able to make that payment.

Government Operations committee  My understanding is that there are four uses for that funding: public health information, financial support for individuals, financial support for businesses—

Government Operations committee  Obviously, there's always a plan for certain amounts that go through Treasury Board. That's what Treasury Board ministers do. They scrutinize these items and they move on. If the timing works, then they go into the next supplementary estimates. That's effectively what's happened

Government Operations committee  That money is being used to address the immediate operational challenges.

Government Operations committee  When broadcasting licence fees come off, that means the revenue they're bringing in is less, which means that they need an offset to cover expenses that would normally be covered by these fees.

Government Operations committee  It's offsetting revenue shortfalls caused by the reduction of broadcasting licence fees.

Government Operations committee  If broadcasting fees are reduced, as a consequence there's a revenue shortfall.

Government Operations committee  That is part of the $81 billion.

Government Operations committee  Maybe I'll pass this on to one of my Finance colleagues, given that it's support under the statutory authority of the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act. Alison, I see your hand is up.

Government Operations committee  Payments arise. They're urgent payments and they have to be made before the next supply cycle. Vote 5 is there to facilitate circumstances when these unforeseen expenditures that are often urgent and for important initiatives need to be made. The use of vote 5 up to now, that's i

Government Operations committee  Sorry, just so that I understand, is this question directed to Finance or—

Government Operations committee  Yes, absolutely. Everything that's in these supplementary estimates has been through Treasury Board ministers.

Government Operations committee  Sure. It's been a little more unusual this time around, just because of the urgency of the COVID-19 response. Typically, you have statutory authorities that exist for a whole host of different initiatives. Transfers to people and transfers to other levels of government are typica

Government Operations committee  I'd be happy to pass along those views to CFIA. I may be mistaken, but I thought I heard you say that Health officials were here.

Government Operations committee  Okay. In terms of that issue—