Government Operations committee  We are trying to get departments to provide us with a rough sense of what they're doing on the basis of when information is available. For transfers, for instance, it's much easier for departments to report that, because it's easier to be able to track that. With respect to progr

Government Operations committee  With departmental CFOs, on an informal basis, we have started asking them what it is that they are spending. That is an initiative that we're working through with the CFO community. We don't have a system that talks to all the other systems, where you could just press a button an

Government Operations committee  I hate to interrupt. I didn't catch the beginning of your question. I'm very sorry.

Government Operations committee  Ms. Vignola, I think what you're referring to is our central vote 5, if I understand correctly. You're referring to the $8 million that was in there. Just to back up, our vote 5 is intended to provide a bridge to the next supply bill, so if a department has an urgent cash need, i

Government Operations committee  I don't have the answer to that question, Mr. Green. I wish I could give you that breakdown, and I'd be happy to follow up—

Government Operations committee  Yes, so—

Government Operations committee  This effectively was part of an allocation that was identified early on as part of the Public Health Events of National Concern Payments Act, and as a consequence of that act expiring at the end of December, this [Technical difficulty—Editor] to continue the purchases related to

Government Operations committee  Now what I [Technical difficulty—Editor] of the key commodities purchased—

Government Operations committee  I'm happy to walk through—

Government Operations committee  I don't have that specifically. I do have the breakdown of the types of commodities that have been used to support this initiative: disposable gowns—

Government Operations committee  To give people a sense of what horizontal initiatives are, whenever we table supplementary estimates, if there's funding for an initiative that covers multiple areas and multiple departments, we always list it as a horizontal initiative. We try to flag that as part of our transpa

Government Operations committee  I'm wondering if my colleague Rod Greenough has that open—he might be a little quicker than me—to be able to explain it.

Government Operations committee  Of that amount, it's effectively part of a broad range of initiatives to increase the capacity and efficiency of the system. Specifically, that amount is going to project definition in the early implementation of the new automated IT security screening system. In terms of milesto

Government Operations committee  This funding is intended to promote reliable and affordable access to critical regional and local airport and air carrier operations and services. Each organization provides grants and contributions to municipalities, provinces and territories, not-for-profit organizations, busin

Government Operations committee  We have them tagged as COVID-related because they came as a reaction to the COVID initiative and the disruptions that have impacted that industry.