Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. So as the Minister mentioned, we do have the financial administration manual which outlines for departments what is -- properly falls within as the definition of supplementary appropriation. So that has to be something that isn't forced growth. It's emergent or unforeseen expenditures and the costs cannot be offset with -- internally within the budget. So they have to meet those conditions in order to go forward. And I would also note that all of those go to management board secretariat which analyzes the submission, taking into account the supplementary appropriation that is -- or supplementary estimates that are appropriated for at the beginning of the budget, so in this case it's $35 million, as well as that definition. So there's pretty rigorous oversight over whether they fit that supplementary appropriation definition before they go to FMB with the MBS recommendation. Thank you.
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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
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