Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  The table that I find most helpful—and you might have already seen it—is on page 20 of the English version, table 1, in which we start with the budgetary balance from the fall economic statement and work our way down through the new measures in the budget, with changes in terms o

Finance committee  Yes. The budget measure includes an announced ongoing savings component.

Finance committee  This ongoing savings commitment in the budget will be followed up with a Treasury Board Secretariat president-led process, so—

Finance committee  Thank you for that question and for sharing that observation from the minister, because we weren't in the room yet. That was an interesting connection to make. I'm the ADM at finance responsible for both of these tracks of work. In my mind they are quite separate. The President

Finance committee  The details concerning the estimates are the responsibility of Treasury Board. However, regarding our estimates, we have access to certain data for submitting our estimates.

Finance committee  I can simply tell you that our estimates, which were tabled two days ago, are our best estimates and are based on the data and information available at present.

Finance committee  I'll start the response with your question on debt service charges. Our most recent information is in the budget we tabled just a couple of days ago. We highlight how the rising interest rate environment and higher borrowing requirements result in higher debt service charges. Pu

Finance committee  As the ADM of fiscal policy, certainly one of my top priorities coming out of the budget is to see through the savings exercise and the fiscal actions the government has just announced. I believe there's a credible process. It will be led by the Treasury Board Secretariat. I agr

Finance committee  I'm not quite sure about the question left with me. There's a comment about the fall economic statement. We reported $3.8 billion of savings against a $3-billion commitment. We're quite confident the measure in the budget will result in the savings announced. A process will be l

Finance committee  With respect to the forward-looking measures in the budget and the 3% reduction you speak of, this is very much a forward-looking exercise with the intent of adjusting the budgets of the departments and other entities that are within scope.

Finance committee  I guess all I can offer on that type of question is that there are two different savings measures announced in budget 2023. One of them is the 3% reduction in professional services, which is a forward-looking exercise. There's a second measure, which is a realigning of previously

Finance committee  I won't be able to elaborate on the specific details today, because those kinds of decisions will be made in the coming months by deputy ministers and ministers, who know their businesses best. I would point out that, in particular, refocusing government spending—this is the na

Public Accounts committee  I probably will cede the floor to people who may have more precision, but I can offer a first-level response. Of course, Crown corporations were involved in the delivery of COVID programming to some extent. That is trickling through the financials, and their circumstances are i

Public Accounts committee  To keep the answer brief, for all of the funding decisions that are communicated in budgets for the Canadian Gender Budgeting Act, there is GBA+ that's disclosed in the impact report, so we can follow up with information to address your question.