Government Operations committee  To spend more money than has been allocated?

Government Operations committee  The only thing I would say is that there is a specific authority that's in supply that's been granted per Parliament. That would be through main estimates, and then any supplementary estimates that could be before that, if there is one. After that, once you're in the writ perio

Government Operations committee  I'll go back to the report that the committee issued. This is a two-year pilot. The committee has issued a report with 12 recommendations, including party-specific recommendations that we've taken note of. Specifically, there are a lot of views in terms of its effectiveness.

Government Operations committee  In terms of the alignment of priorities to the budget process, I will actually go back to InfoBase on this one, because in fact, when you look at InfoBase, it's very clear in terms of looking through the lens of the financial information coming out of government, the human resour

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—

Government Operations committee  Those are funds that have been identified as priorities for the government, with Treasury Board submissions to follow.

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  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  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  I'm happy to provide information on what I know with respect to that LNG item. As you know, it's still in the main estimates and it's still contained under vote 10.