Natural Resources committee  I'm Murray Duke with the Geological Survey of Canada. Firstly, the cooperative geological mapping strategy is proposed as a cost-shared program with the provinces and territories. An implementation plan was developed and approved unanimously by all jurisdictions in 2004. The inc

Natural Resources committee  The $250 million over ten years is the incremental investment over and above what we're currently spending, which is roughly $20 million out of our existing budget. It's a substantial increase.

Natural Resources committee  The department supports it, and I believe our minister is on record as supporting it, but there aren't sufficient resources to increase it to that level.

Natural Resources committee  I think the department's position is that without new funding, the program cannot proceed.