Government Operations committee  I would like to write to the committee and provide an answer on vote 10 and the utilization of vote 10. I think there are some misrepresentations on the use of vote 10, and I would like to clarify it. I think the best way to do it is through writing. Again, there are misinterpre

Government Operations committee  Okay.

Government Operations committee  Absolutely—to correct misrepresentations. Thank you.

Government Operations committee  Sure. Thank you very much. You mentioned a few things, actually. I just want to make sure there's a clear line of sight in terms of what is in the supplementary estimates to support indigenous writ large. You did talk about the $919 million. This is for loan forgiveness. It wa

Government Operations committee  They're the provision of medical support and the reimbursement for first nations agencies that are providing such support, and for provincial agencies that are providing such support, so that the standard of care is at a level that is expected through the Canadian Human Rights Tr

Government Operations committee  It provides a wide range of health, social and education services in support of first nations children who qualify under Jordan's principle. This again is above and beyond the funding that has already been provided for Jordan's principle. Just to give you a sense, when we tabled

Government Operations committee  I understand there's a stock of about $34 billion. Typically what happens is that from a fiscal planning standpoint they end up putting a provision in the fiscal framework for loans. This is effectively the end result of non-performing loans, going to CRA and seeking six years in

Government Operations committee  For years, the range has been—

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. Allow me to answer you in English. I don't actually have the information to show the distinction. You're talking about 2018-19, and the reference level of 2018-19 for health versus the authorities proposed to date, of about $2.7 billion her

Government Operations committee  Right.

Government Operations committee  I can give you another explanation. For transfers—the Canada health transfer, Canada social transfer, equalization, and so forth—that doesn't show up here with respect to this.

Government Operations committee  If you go to the main estimates, I believe you'll see, effectively, for 2019-20, the start of the year, about $175 billion. Those large transfers are part of that structure and we started reporting on statutory expenses because parliamentarians were asking to get a lens in terms

Government Operations committee  These are for voted amounts, non-statutory amounts.

Government Operations committee  It may be something that you may wish to also get supplementary information on from ESDC. Ultimately, as I mentioned, of a base of about $34 billion in student loans, since 2014-15 the government has written off between—

Government Operations committee  Actually, if I could finish with this line.... Since 2014-15, the government has written off between $164 million and $295 million per year in student loans. This is a regular appearance in these estimates. It is a normal accounting practice for us to expense it in this way.